A man has been accused of allegedly running a northern Adelaide drug lab has been refused bail.

The 45-year-old Paradise man will remain behind bars after detectives searched his residence on Tuesday and allegedly found a firearm and a clandestine laboratory.

He was arrested and charged with allegedly possessing a firearm without a licence, possessing an unregistered firearm, possessing ammunition without a licence, trafficking a controlled drug, manufacturing a controlled drug, possessing prescribed equipment to manufacture a controlled drug.

The man’s lawyer in court on Wednesday asked that his client be released on bail to care for his elderly mother.

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The Paradise man will remain in custody until his court date in June next year.