WA news LIVE: Police lash drink, drug-drivers after horror weekend on WA roads
WA police expressed concern over the number of drivers caught with drugs or alcohol in their system during a weekend operation. The operation was conducted in response to six road deaths in 24 hours. Police are urging drivers to follow road safety laws and avoid driving under the influence.
- ▪Dozens of drivers were caught with drugs or alcohol in their system during the operation.
- ▪The operation was conducted in Perth's entertainment precincts on Saturday night.
- ▪Six road deaths occurred in WA in a 24-hour period prior to the operation.
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9.44amPolice lash drink, drug-drivers after horror weekend on WA roadsBy WA Police are lamenting the continued flouting of road safety laws after dozens of drivers were caught with drugs or alcohol in their system in a synchronised operation targeting Perth’s entertainment precincts at the weekend.The operation on Saturday night came as the state reeled from six road deaths in the space of 24 hours.Commander Mike Peters of the Road Policing CommandCommander Mike Peters, from the Road Policing Command, said on Sunday it was “disturbing” to see so many people caught driving while drunk or under the influence of alcohol in a targeted “lockdown” in Joondalup and in a motorbike team operation in Northbridge.“There seems to be a small proportion of West Australians that still don’t think…
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