Police allege five rooms in the home were being used for the operation.
After seeing police, the occupant allegedly fled through a rear window.
A man was observed by the police Eagle helicopter running through nearby Newmarket Park and was found by a police dog unit.
A 41-year-old man has been charged with cultivating cannabis and will appear in Auckland District Court today.
Burrow encouraged anybody with information on drug-related offending to come forward.
“The community is vital in locating these operations, and we ask anyone who sees unusual activity or identifies aromas of cannabis, to please let us know.”
Bassett Rd was the scene of infamous machine gun murders in Remuera in 1963, when two men were killed with a .45-calibre machine gun.
It was the first time such a weapon, famously favoured by legendary gangster Al Capone, had been used in a crime in New Zealand.