PEOPLE who try to bring drugs into Goulburn gaol will be banned from visiting for up to two years.
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Corrective Services Commissioner Peter Severin made the statement following the alleged discovery of 27 drug filled balloons at the facility on Sunday.
It followed a joint Corrective Services and police security operation.
One man was charged with trying to take 21 drug-filled balloons into the gaol.
“This is one of the largest finds of contraband on a visitor to NSW’ prisons,” Mr Severin said.
“I praise the work of the Corrective Services’ staff who detected the contraband. Visitors who try to smuggle drugs into prisons are committing a serious criminal offence. They will be found, and they will be charged. They will also be banned from visits for up to two years.”
The 22-year-old Blacktown male was one of numerous visitors searched.
Armed with sniffer dogs, officers commenced searches following initial detection.
They charged him with three counts of supplying a prohibited drug greater than indictable quantity, two counts of supplying a prohibited drug and one of introducing a small quantity of drug into a detention centre.
Police will allege the man had 36 grams of methylamphetamine, 6g of Buprenorphine and five Buprenorphine tablets.
A Corrective Services spokesman confirmed the drugs were wrapped around the man’s forearms, beneath sleeving and were found following a police strip search.
The man was bailed to appear at Goulburn Local Court on June 10.
Also on Sunday, police charged a 33-year-old woman from Warriewood with four counts of possessing a prohibited drug and one count of introducing a small quantity of drugs into a detention centre. Officers will allege this was Subutex, methylamphetamine, 10 Subutex tablets and 20 strips of Suboxone.
The Corrective Services spokesman said these were also contained in six balloons.
The woman will also appear in Goulburn Local Court on June 10.
Detective Inspector Chad Gillies said police would maintain a focus on visitors trying to introduce drugs and other prohibited items into the gaol.
Local police undertake the operations regularly and work closely with Corrective Services.
A total of 101 visitors were screened by a sniffer dog and many had property such as bags searched. Four visitors’ vehicles on the grounds of the correctional centre were searched.
