A Mahoning Township man is facing charges that he operated a meth lab in his home in the Nis Hollow area of the township.

Chief of Police Audie Mertz said that on April 23, a search warrant for production of methamphetamine was executed at 285-39 Lower Nis Hollow Drive in Mahoning Township, Carbon County, the residence of Todd Cermak.At the time of the warrant Cermak was incarcerated in Carbon County Prison for a misdemeanor charge of terroristic threats, the result of an incident a week earlier.As a result of the search, Mertz said police seized numerous items used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.Cermak has been charged by the Attorney General's Drug Task Force with the following offenses:Manufacture of a controlled substance, criminal conspiracy-manufacture of a controlled substance, operating a methamphetamine laboratory and illegal dumping of methamphetamine waste; criminal conspiracy operating a methamphetamine laboratory and illegal dumping of methamphetamine waste; liquified ammonia gas precursors and chemicals; and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia. All of the offenses are felonies.Cermak was arraigned by District Judge Casimir Kosciolek and bail was set at 10 percent of $50,000.He remains in Carbon County Prison in lieu of the bail amounts.