Police found hydroponically grown cannabis, a trafficable amount of ice and "extensive" child pornography when they raided a Mitchell warehouse, they say.
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A 40-year-old Mitchell man charged with accessing child pornography and trafficking ice after the Friday raid has been refused bail.
Andrew David Frugtniet was the only person at the Vicars Street premises at 8.10am on Friday when police allegedly found the pornographic material on three mobile phones and two laptop computers.
The girls depicted in the images appeared to be aged between "pre-pubescent to adults", with some completely nude, court documents said.
Police said they also found hard copy pornographic photographs, including some containing girls who appeared to be under 18 years of age, as well as two apparently professionally produced pornographic magazines in a caravan that was within the warehouse.
Police also allegedly seized drugs concealed within a Brut deodorant can and a business card case.
The card case contained 14 brown tablets and a small clip bag with a white crystalline substance. The can contained a freezer bag with a yellow crystalline substance in it, court documents said.
Six cannabis plants were also found in a partitioned off section at the back of a caravan within the warehouse, with heat lamps turned on above them and timing switches at the power points, court documents said. The warehouse was listed as the man's address on court documents.
The defendant allegedly told police the plants and five large clip seal bags containing cannabis also found were for his own use.
A prosecutor opposed bail on the grounds the nature of the charges made the defendant likely to interfere with evidence if released.
The defendant's lawyer said the charges had come "as a bit of a shock" to the defendant and his family. The defendant was charged with accessing child pornography between September 7 and 9, trafficking in methylamphetamine and growing six cannabis plants.
No pleas were entered.
Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker refused bail, saying the charges were inherently serious, with a relatively large amount of cannabis seized and relatively sophisticated arrangements for its storage and concealment allegedly found.
While the drug suspected to be methylamphetamine was still to be tested, Ms Walker said the evidence showed the substance had been found in individual bags, which appeared to support the trafficking allegation. The child pornography material was also "extensive".
The matter was adjourned to Thursday, September 15.
