More than $40,000 is being invested in making the frontline of Bermuda's drug war more mobile.

The Customs Department has been given an $18,000 K9 Mobile Van and $23,000 "drug buggy'' as part of its 1993 budget.

Both vehicles are aimed at helping Bermuda to fight against vast amount of drugs that are smuggled into the Island annually.

The spending on the new vehicles was revealed during the Ministry of Finance's budget debate in Senate by Government Sen. Wendell Hollis.

Sen. Hollis said that the drug buggy would be used for drug interdiction. It is a mobile unit containing a toilet-like device.

He said: "It is to assist in removing those items of drugs that have been ingested to get them into Bermuda.

"It is aimed at checking for these items with as little disruption as possible and to maintain the dignity of customs officers.'' He said that the drug buggy was already in common use at British customs areas in airports and ports.

The K9 Mobile Van will be used to transport the Island's two drug detection dogs to areas where drugs could enter the country.

Finance Minister the Hon. Dr. David Saul said that the vehicle would transport the two dogs which have been donated free from the US to help the anti-drug war in Bermuda.

He said: "These dogs are known as passive canines. They are inoffensive dogs that walk along a line of people and if they detect the smell of drugs they sit down.''