Garry Thomas-George Gray, 32, of Wagga Wagga, pleaded guilty to supplying a prohibited drug when he appeared by the audio-visual link from Junee Jail into Goulburn Local Court on June 19.

Police facts tendered in court said at 1.45pm on September 28, they were patrolling the Hume Highway near Penrose when they observed a silver Peugeot hatchback driven by Gray travelling south. Police travelled behind the vehicle and noticed it reduced its speed considerably under 100km/h in a 110km/h zone.

They activated their warning devices and pulled the vehicle over to random breath test the driver, which proved negative. There was also one passenger. Gray appeared nervous and police conducted a search of the car, which revealed a roll of black duct tape under the front passenger seat.

Police then located a small camera type pouch under the front passenger seat. Police found a small package wrapped in black duct tape. They also noticed loose granules of what they believed to be amphetamine (ice) on the front passenger seat. Both Gray and the passenger were asked about the pouch but denied knowledge of it.

Police tore away some of the duct tape and found a clear plastic bag containing a considerable amount of what they alleged to be Methylamphetamine.

Police arrested both of the occupants of the car and conveyed them to Goulburn Police Station. The weight of the Methylamphetamine was 67.91g, which police estimated had a street value of just over $20,000.

Gray did not participate in an electronic interview, but a DNA profile attached to the pouch and a knot tied in the top of the plastic bag matched a DNA profile of Gray.

In court, Gray's solicitor said his client had received a positive Sentence Assessment Report that showed the potential for his rehabilitation.

"Prior to these offences, he did well for six months and he got employment," he said.

"He knows his drug addiction is the number one thing he needs to address. He totally accepts his responsibility for the charge and pleads guilty, but the drugs were not his. He was paid 2g of ice to drive to Sydney and collect the drugs and drive back to Wagga Wagga with them.

"The quantity involved is quite substantial but it is tempered by his role in it."

Magistrate Geraldine Beattie said it was a "huge amount" of the drug, considering 3g is a trafficable quantity.

"This is 20 times that amount, with a street value of $20,000. If this had not been intercepted that huge amount of drugs would have affected that community and what people do to get it," she said.

"You can do the right thing, but you also go off the rails. The only sentence I can you give is full-time custody."

She sentenced him to 18 month's jail, with a non-parole period of nine months.

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