recently a murder resulted directly from the stored alcohol. In recent times the sale of marijuana has reached an epidemic. This is coming from Mintabie as well. The reason it continues is that the people have to be caught in the act, an almost impossible task as the Marla Police Station is about away A month after Iwantja made these allegations, SAPOL confirmed Mintabie as the source for a significant amount of the drugs including alcohol coming on to the APY Lands. On that occasion, SAPOL also reported that it had "recently found buried at Mintabie a large container set up with hydroponic gear that [had] been the source of cannabis for much of the lands for the past couple of years." Drugs including alcohol continue to enter the APY Lands through Mintabie. In August 2007, SAPOL arrested and charged two men at Mintabie for their alleged involvement in a "cannabis selling network." In April 2008, the Mullighan Inquiry into child sexual abuse on the APY Lands and in state care noted SAPOL's concern that Mintabie was "being used as a staging post for the trafficking of marijuana on the Lands" Even so, Coober Pedy has been overlooked as a source of alcohol and other drugs even though it is only 250 km south of Mintabie (where only during 2011 an APY citizen was murdered due to alcohol-related sales in Coober Pedy). Also the increase of work on the APY by contractors from Marla has also increased the amount of drugs trafficked into the APY lands. Again no police action has been taken against either Coober Pedy and Marla. References Notes Citations External links Towns in South Australia Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Resumed localities in Australia