Colm O’Hare pleaded not guilty to trafficking meth and fantasy

A father-of-five will stand trial after he was allegedly caught with $20,000 and hundreds of grams of meth and fantasy in his backpack.

A father will stand trial after he was allegedly caught with large amounts of meth and fantasy in his backpack.

Colm Patrick Francis O’Hare, 46, pleaded not guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday to all charges, including two counts of commercial drug trafficking and money laundering.

He remains in custody, after being deemed an “unacceptable risk” of reoffending and having two bail bids knocked back.

During Mr O’Hare’s bail application last month, the court heard he was stopped by police on April 11 at Hackham.

The court heard police found 381g of methamphetamine, $20,000 in cash and 134g of GHB, also known as fantasy, in Mr O’Hare’s backpack

Police then searched Mr O’Hare’s Hackham house.

Colm O'Hare pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering. Picture: Facebook

“In the house, they found more GHB in two bottles, which together weighed over 500g,” Ms Symes said.

Police also found nine ice pipes, 25 tablets believed to contain pseudoephedrine, scales, 200g of dried marijuana and two tick lists.

Various weapons including a taser, a baton, a double-edged sword and ammunition were also found inside the house.

Chris McDonough, for Mr O’Hare, previously told the court while they agreed Mr O’Hare had recent relevant convictions, one had a strange background.

“It was not a straightforward case of trafficking in a controlled drug but rather bizarre circumstances where Mr O’Hare had stolen a car, found out who it belonged to and returned their car, being informed that it was full of drugs,” he said.

The court heard Mr O’Hare was the main carer for his young son.

In the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday, Chief Magistrate Judge Mary-Louise Hribal committed Mr O’Hare to the District Court for arraignment in December.