About 250 officers targeted the 32-room property in St Agnes Place, Kennington, in the early hours.
Police said the site, seen as the focal point for the UK's Rastafarian community, was receiving up to 600 visits a day, mostly for drugs.
Kilogrammes of cannabis, some crack cocaine and ammunition were found inside, said police.
Lambeth Borough Commander Martin Bridger said there were different rooms for different drugs.
"If you were there to buy cannabis, you were probably directed to one room. If you were there to buy crack cocaine, you were directed to another room," he said.
Ch Supt Bridger said he had not witnessed drug dealing on such a scale in all his 30 years as a police officer.
Reggae legend Bob Marley is believed to have been a frequent visitor to the temple, thought to be London's oldest squat, in the 1970s.
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