Adelaide cannabis haul: traffic stop links man to four large weed grow houses

A traffic stop and a house fire linked a man to four large scale grow houses across Adelaide.

A man wanted over four large scale drug operations involving nearly 1000 cannabis plants has been arrested during a traffic stop.

Police stopped a car driving on Grand Junction Rd at Pennington on Saturday afternoon who was wanted in connection to separate investigations of cannabis cultivation.

In June last year police raided a home at Sellicks Beach and found 225 cannabis plants being grown.

A traffic stop linked a man to four large cannabis grow houses across Adelaide. Picture: SA Police

The following month a Smithfield Plains property was searched and a further 225 plants were located.

At about 5pm Saturday, police were called to a house fire on Fairfield Tce at Elizabeth Grove where they found 189 cannabis plants and kilograms of dried weed.

The stash was linked to the already arrested man, and a further raid of an Elizabeth North home uncovered 237 cannabis plants being grown.

The man of no fixed address, 30, was charged with three counts of cultivating a large commercial quantity of a controlled drug and two counts of trafficking a large commercial quantity of a controlled drug.

He was refused bail to appear in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday.