A Clinton Township man remains behind bars after a drug raid last week at his mobile home turned up more than a pound and a half of marijuana, suspected cocaine, hundreds of prescription pills and $1,300, authorities said.

Luke A. Blackham, 28, is to face a hearing Wednesday on felony and misdemeanor drug charges stemming from the Oct. 28 raid at his home on Kozy Corner Road.

The Butler County Drug Task Force said they began investigating Blackham earlier this year after his name surfaced during a different drug investigation by Cranberry Township police. The information obtained was that he was dealing drugs, investigators said.

Officers eventually used “trash pulls” in September and October to help secure a search warrant for the defendant's home.

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