We are learning more about a rental home near the Lake of Egypt that was the subject of police activity in the days following the shooting of a Carbondale Police officer this summer.

Prosecutors say five men now facing drug trafficking charges stashed more than 46 pounds of marijuana at the house on Power Plant Road before selling it.

One of those men – Alex Karcher – is in Kansas, where he faces murder conspiracy charges related to the shooting of Carbondale Officer Trey Harris during a high speed chase on Dillinger Road on July 31.

Court documents show the suspected drug ring traded marijuana for vehicles on multiple occasions, and took drugs from the suspected stash house to Carbondale to sell for 49 thousand dollars in cash.