A second drug raid in as many days is taking place at a mine site in the Pilbara region.
Cloudbreak, owned by the Fortescue Metals Group, is being searched a day after police raided the Christmas Creek mine, which resulted in one man being summonsed for possessing drugs without a prescription.
Commander Murray Smalpage says it's the start of an ongoing operation targeting drug use across WA.
"We don't want drugs anywhere in Western Australia because of the destructive nature they have on families and their contribution towards greater crime issues," he told ABC radio on Wednesday.
An ex-mine worker also told ABC radio that very few people brought drugs onto sites, but did use illicit substances like amphetamines on their time off because it couldn't be detected after a short period of time.
"These people are usually coming down when they're back on site," he said in a statement read to listeners.
"(These people) are very easy to pick on site. They are very skittish and they have very bad tempers."
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