Please note: The Strike Force is pronounced Bandiana (Ban-DEE-an-ah)
Five people have been arrested and charged with 16 drug-related offences as part of an operation into the ongoing supply of drugs in The Hume Police District.
In July 2025, Strike Force Bandiana-Wilkinson was established to investigate the illegal supply of drugs in Goulburn and surrounds.
About 6.30am yesterday (Thursday 11 September 2025), officers attached to Southern Region Enforcement Squad, with assistance from Southern Region Operations Support Group, Southern Region Domestic Violence High Risk Offender Team, NSW Dog Unit and The Hume Police District officers executed six search warrants across The Hume Police District.
Cash, drugs – including cocaine, methylamphetamine, cannabis and prescription medication – and fireworks were among the items seized.
Notable incidents include;
About 7.00am yesterday (Thursday 11 September 2025), officers attached to the Operation Support Group executed a search warrant at a home in Goulburn. Police seized steroids and prescription medications, no one was at home at the time. Investigations are ongoing.
About 8am, Police executed search warrant at a home in Goulburn. Police seized methylamphetamine. A 49-year-old man was arrested. He was taken to Goulburn Police Station and charged with two counts of supply prohibited drug greater than small and less than indictable, possess prohibited drug and take part supply prohibited drug less than or equal to small quantity. He was granted conditional bail to appear before Goulburn Local Court on Wednesday 17 September 2025.
About 12:45pm yesterday officers arrested a 45-year-old man in a carpark on Ellesmere Street, Goulburn. Police seized methylamphetamine. Following his arrest, a search warrant was executed at a unit complex in Goldsmith Street Goulburn. Butanediol, prescription medication, GHB, cannabis seeds and drug packaging were allegedly seized. He was taken to Goulburn Police Station where he was charged with Supply prohibited drugs on an ongoing basis, supply prohibited drug greater than indictable less than commercial quantity, two counts of Supply prohibited drug less than or equal to small quantity, two counts of supply prohibited drug greater than small & less than indictable quantity, and possess prohibited drug. He was refused bail to appear in Bail Division Court 3 today (Friday 12 September 2025).
Strike Force Bandiana-Wilkinson continues.
