37-year-old Sakiusa Basa has been further remanded in custody by the Labasa Magistrates Court.
Basa is charged with one count of cultivation of illicit drugs.
His case has been transferred to the Labasa High Court which will be called again next Friday.
It is alleged that Sakiusa Basa cultivated 1,012 marijuana plants in his farm in Tukavesi village in the Northern Division.
Basa was on the run after a raid was conducted at his farm on the 14th of June and he was arrested last Sunday night.
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