About 3.30pm on Tuesday 5 May, Northern District police attended a home at Salisbury East to conduct a drug search.

Officers discovered the entire house had been converted to growing cannabis plants. A total of 193 cannabis plants were seized along with extensive prescribed hydroponic equipment.

SA Power Networks attended the scene and confirmed the electricity to the property had been bypassed.

A 43-year-old man from the home was arrested and charged with cultivating a large commercial quantity of a controlled plant, possessing prescribed equipment and diverting electricity. He was refused bail and will be appearing in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court today.

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