Cousins, 38, of Bicton, was arrested on Thursday night in Melville in Perth's southern suburbs as he arrived at a house.

A search of his car allegedly uncovered methamphetamine.

Cousins will face court on Friday charged with seven counts of breaching a VRO, aggravated stalking, possess a prohibited drug, possess smoking utensil and not having a driver’s licence.

"Armadale Detectives have charged a man as part of their inquiries into allegations of family violence matters," police said in a statement released on Friday.

"As a result of those inquiries, they executed two search warrants at residences in Melville and Bicton overnight."

Cousins will appear before a Perth court later on Friday.

Cousins was fined $2000 last year after admitting to two counts of possessing methamphetamine and two breaches of a violence restraining order - taken out by his ex-partner.

The former West Coast Eagles champion will face trial in June over an outstanding drug charge.

At a court hearing in December, Cousins told the magistrate he was seeking treatment for his drug problem.

"I am doing things about it...I can honestly say I am in a better place than I have been for some time," he said.

"I know it's been an ongoing problem, I've been battling this for years... I am getting treatment."

The former West Coast captain has battled drug addiction throughout his AFL career with the Eagles and Richmond and after it ended in 2010.

The 38-year-old was detained by police, and then hospitalised, in late June after interfering with traffic on Canning Highway in Como while in a dazed state.

At one stage he was banned for a year from football while contracted to the Eagles and had several run-ins with police after Richmond threw him a lifeline in 2009.

The 2005 Brownlow medallist was spared jail last year for a bizarre episode in which he trespassed at a Sikh temple in Canning Vale.

In the subsequent court case, a lawyer for Cousins said his client had been mentally ill at the time of incident, had been hospitalised rather than locked up and had taken a fencing job in Collie.

When former Eagles teammate Chris Judd launched his autobiography Inside last October, he said Cousins seemed to be "doing well" when they caught up recently.