Adam Fennell, Glenelg F45 trainer granted bail over drug bust at Magill

An ex-F45 trainer, one of four Nomad bikies charged with running a sophisticated drug dealing business after a guns and drugs bust, has been bailed.

An alleged drug trafficker has been granted bail after four months in custody, charged with dealing thousands of dollars worth of meth and heroin.

Adam Robert Fennell, 47, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court by video link on Tuesday, accused of running the sophisticated drug dealing business.

Five vehicles, as well as four Harley Davidson motorcycles and a jet ski, were seized in the raids. Picture: SA Police

Kate Budzynski, for Fennell, told the court the prosecution wasn’t opposed to home detention bail and the address had come back as suitable.

Fennell was charged alongside three other members of the Nomads bikie gang, including Beau James Cochrane, 30, and Dion Jay Madden, 40 in a significant drug and weapons seizure.

Thousands of dollars worth of heroin and meth were taken off the streets, as well as 11 firearms, five vehicles, four Harley Davidson motorcycles and a jetski after seven properties were searched in Adelaide’s north and east on April 23.

Fennell – who was an F45 trainer at the Glenelg studio until earlier this year – was refused home detention bail in April after police allegedly found over $100,000 in cash at his house.

Adam Fennell is charged with commercial drug trafficking. Photo: Facebook

Dion Madden is also charged with drug trafficking and money laundering. Photo: Facebook

The prosecution evidence includes more than 15,000 intercepted telephone recordings and visual recordings from a shed at a Magill address from a covert camera and listening device.

“The investigation shows that there was a large amount of methamphetamine sighted, as well as the three accused in this matter handling packaging and weighing methamphetamine for sale,” a prosecutor previously told the court.

“Large amounts of cash have been sighted being counted by the three co-accused and discussions in relation to quantities of methamphetamine and heroin were captured.”

The Nomads were put under the spotlight during Operation Leo, an investigation that began in December.

All three men are charged with commercial drug trafficking and money laundering, while Madden, of Glynde, and Cochrane, of Highbury, were charged with possessing multiple firearms.

In the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Magistrate John Wells granted Fennell home detention bail to Burnside and reminded him about the strict conditions.

“If you do leave without permission … you’ll be caught and you’ll go back to jail,” he said.

“If you use drugs or alcohol and you test positive you’ll go back to jail, understood?”

Fennell said he understood.

The charges were adjourned until November.