The drugs Justin Douglas Peacock was charged with offering to sell or supply included ecstasy, methylamphetamine and cannabis.

The charges followed after police tapped his phone line.

This then led to police finding a hydroponic drug lab set up in his Erskine house on February 26.

While no large amounts of drugs or cash were found police did find traces of methylamphetamine.

Counsel for the 28-year-old said the phone tapping was inconclusive, saying references to “roundies” and “green things” mentioned in the recorded conversations were people not drugs.

Magistrate Terence McIntyre dismissed that defence, labelling it “ludicrous”.

Peacock was also charged with possessing methylamphetamine, two counts of possessing a smoking utensil used for smoking a prohibited drug, possessing an unlicensed firearm and failure to ensure safe keeping of a firearm.

He was fined a total of $1000 for these charges.

Magistrate McIntyre said Peacock willingly engaged in dealing drugs and his only motivation was to make a profit.