Additional drug charges have been filed against a Lansford man as the result of a previous arrest made last December.

Ronald Eidem Jr., 36, has now been charged with two felony counts of possessing liquefied ammonia gas; precursors and chemicals and possession with intent to manufacture or deliver.Police said lab testing conducted on substances seized in December when Eidem was stopped along Route 443 following a retail theft incident at the Walmart store confirmed the presence of methamphetamine, and associated by-products of methamphetamine production.A new hearing date has been set for April 10, at 9:30 a.m. before District Judge Casimir Kosciolek of Lansford.On Dec. 20 at 11:11 a.m. township police were dispatched to Walmart for a retail theft. The man involved in the theft fled the store in a Hyundai. The car was spotted by Lehighton police on Route 443 at Ninth Street.When officers attempted to stop the vehicle it passed multiple vehicles on the right hand side and then crossed the roadway entering a private driveway. The driver, Eidem, was then placed under arrest and identified as the male involved in the theft.Eidem admitted stealing a video camera from the store to trade for drugs. At the time of his arrest officers found a book bag containing syringes; a digital scale; 185 clear plastic bags; pseudoephedrine pills; and white powder that tested positive for methamphetamine.Police said the items seized from the bag were consistent with items required to manufacture methamphetamine in a mobile lab.These items were taken for testing by the state police clandestine lab team. Eidem is currently an inmate in the Carbon County prison on the charges filed incident to the retail theft and fleeing police..