Clan lab uncovered after fire at Peterhead, SA

Police have arrested a man and reported a woman following a fire overnight at Peterhead, according to SA Police.

Just after 8pm on Monday 18 December, police and fire crews were called to Mead Street where a fire had started in a shed before spreading to the adjoining house.

Investigations by police revealed a clandestine laboratory inside the shed.

A 40-year-old man from Greenways was arrested and has been charged with manufacture a controlled drug for sale and possess prescribed equipment. He has been refused bail and will appear in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court today.

A 35-year-old woman from Peterhead was also reported for the same offences and will be summonsed to appear in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court at a later date.

Crime Scene investigators will be attending the property later today.

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