Kane Isaac Olsen applied for home detention bail, charged with drug trafficking

An alleged drug dealer suspected of running a psychedelic drug lab claims the material police found was actually being used to grow vegetables.

A man suspected of running a drug lab claims the material police found was simply only to grow vegetables.

Kane Isaac Olsen, 25, applied for home detention bail in the Adelaide Magistrates Court this week after he was allegedly caught in the middle of a drug deal.

A prosecutor told the court they were opposed to all forms of bail as Mr Olsen was on bail for another trafficking charge at the time of the new charges.

The court heard police searched a Para Vista house on October 24 and found 10g of methamphetamine, some weapons and other drug paraphernalia.

The prosecutor told the court police then attended a Paralowie address on December 11 on information that DMT – a psychedelic drug – was being manufactured there.

Kane Olsen applied for home detention bail, charged with drug trafficking. Photo: File

Mr Olsen was present at the residence with his partner, two young children and two males.

The court heard police located approximately 10g of methamphetamine in the bedroom and a suspected DMT laboratory in the laundry.

“He told police that one of the males was present there to purchase from him and he was weighing the drugs for purchase when police arrived,” the prosecutor said.

Mr Olsen is charged with manufacturing a controlled drug and drug trafficking.

Adam Richards, for Mr Olsen, told the court his client would be pleading not guilty to the first set of allegations as his partner had taken responsibility for the items and he understood she would be charged as a result.

The court heard items which police thought were indicative of drug trafficking, including a pair of overalls and a respirator, were actually to be used for spray-painting.

“The evidence of the (drug) manufacture I think involved a large pot which had water and dirt,” Mr Richards said.

Mr Richards said the pot belonged to a friend of Mr Olsen’s that had left it there and had been used to grow tomatoes and other vegetables.

He said Mr Olsen was the one buying methamphetamine from one of the men at the address when police arrived.

“The other man present … was allowed basically to leave, my client was left carrying the can as it were,” he said.

Mr Richards said if released on bail Mr Olsen would reside with a man who had stage four cancer to be his carer.

Magistrate Justin Wickens asked the prosecutor to check the audio of Mr Olsen’s interview and adjourned the application until later this month.