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Abe Maddison

Man arrested over drug trafficking on Aboriginal lands

WA police say cannabis use has been a key contributing factor to family violence in the communities. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

A man has been charged in a cross-border police operation targeting drug and alcohol trafficking, after a surge in family violence and other crimes in Aboriginal communities.

West Australian police said that several communities in the remote Ngaanyatjarra Lands area had experienced increased crime rates this year, including offences such as burglary, theft, criminal damage, drug possession, assault and fraud.

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