Christos Agoris claims he was just a carpenter fixing up the Kanahooka house for a relative when taskforce police officers swooped on the premises about 6pm on Thursday.

The 32-year-old of Woombye Close, Koonawarra, told the police he had not noticed anything unusual inside the house.

In Wollongong Local Court yesterday, Registrar Mandy D'Arcy heard a different version of events from police, who allege the 32-year-old Koonawarra man was one of three people operating an elaborate and clandestine laboratory capable of producing large scale quantities of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy.

Agoris faces one charge of manufacturing a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug and one of dealing in proceeds of crime.

On February 8 this year, Strike Force Eale was formed to investigate the alleged manufacture of MDMA by Agoris and at least two associates using telephone intercepts and covert surveillance.

On the day of the raid on the house in Linton Circuit, the men were heard talking on the phone about being "six hours into a 16-hour cook".

Police arrested Agoris in his van outside the Linton Circuit house.

Two men in a black Audi coupe allegedly drove at police before mounting the footpath and driving off at high speed.

Shortly after, the vehicle crashed through the fence of Lakeside Crematorium and the two men ran off. A large scale search of the area throughout Thursday night failed to find them.

A witness to the crash handed police a rubber glove containing 140g of MDMA, which was allegedly found near the vehicle.

The court heard that inside the Linton Circuit house, Task Force Eale officers found a large quantity of chemicals in plastic containers used in the manufacture of the drug and five litres of MDMA worth more than $600,000 on the street.

Police also searched Agoris' Woombye Close home, where they allegedly found more chemicals used in the manufacturing process of MDMA and a significant amount of cash.

Applying for bail, Legal Aid solicitor Raymond Clack said Agoris denied all police allegations and claimed he had been fixing up the house for a member of the family prior to it being put on the market and sold.

"My instructions are that he did not see any chemicals inside the house and has no idea how to manufacture such a thing.

"The fact that my client was there in his work van and that the two men fled the scene in an expensive European sports car say that the manufacturer (of the drug) was not my client," he said.

Denying bail, Registrar D'Arcy said the prosecution case against Agoris was strong and that his freedom posed a significant risk to the community.

"And I also query that he didn't see the large quantity of chemicals stored in five rooms of the house."

Agoris was remanded in custody to appear in Wollongong Court on March 25.