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Guns and drugs seized

Apr 14, 2025

Police seized guns and drugs from a Goulburn Valley home.

Police seized two guns and a large amount of GHB at a Shepparton East house on the weekend.

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Police seized a rifle and a single barrel shotgun when they searched the house on Saturday, April 12.

They also seized a container of 1,4-butanediol (GHB), which police allege was a traffickable commercial quantity of the drug.

Nicholas Joyce, 44, of Shepparton East, has been charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of 1,4-butanediol (GHB), possessing a firearm while a prohibited person, possessing 1,4-butanediol, possessing methamphetamines, recklessly dealing with the proceeds of crime namely $40,510 in cash, making a threat to kill, committing an indictable offence while on bail and possessing prescription medication without a prescription.

He appeared in Shepparton Magistrates’ Court on Monday, April 14 in a filing hearing, where he was remanded in custody.