Charges against a young man at a Center Township rental where state troopers allegedly stumbled upon a plethora of drugs will be held for court.

The preliminary hearing for Devan M. Green was held Tuesday at District Judge Lewis Stoughton's office in Chicora.

Green is charged with manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver drugs, possession of controlled substances, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

State police said during the May 15 pursuit of a stolen vehicle, the driver fled the vehicle and ran behind a home on Tuck Lane.

Green, who was not the suspect in the pursuit, came outside of the home and troopers asked if they could search the house for the suspect who had fled.

Green called the home's owner, Richard Lynch, 58, who troopers said consented to the search.

In the first floor of the home, officers found a concealed door in the floor that was covered by a rug.

The door opened upon a set of stairs leading to the basement, where troopers found a suspected marijuana grow operation.

While he initially said he did not know about the basement room, Green later admitted he knew about the 87 marijuana plants in the basement, Trooper Noah Sims testified.

A search warrant later obtained by police also turned up 1 1/2 pounds of suspected hallucinogenic mushrooms and a waxy yellow substance between sheets of wax paper in the freezer as well as scales and a marijuana pipe, Sims said.

The bedroom identified by Green as his also contained four gallon-size resealable plastic bags filled with suspected marijuana plus plans for a marijuana grow operation, Sims testified.

Upon questioning by Green's attorney, Al Lindsay, Sims admitted that lab results on all of the substances or suspected drugs found at the residence had not yet been returned.

Lynch, who it is suspected also lives at the Tuck Lane home, had similar charges held over for court at a preliminary hearing before Stoughton in July.

Lynch is free on his own recognizance, and Green remains free on $30,000 bond.