The District Court case against a 43-year-old man charged with allegedly having a large quantity of drugs when the Reno County Drug Unit did a search of his home remains on hold at the request of the state.

Deputy District Attorney Tom Stanton made the request in the case against Arnoldo Garcia-Serrano. Stanton is still waiting to see if the case will be taken by the feds and prosecuted in federal court. This is the second time that the preliminary hearing in the case has been continued for this reason.

Garcia-Serrano is charged in District Court with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, conspiracy to distribute meth, possession of cocaine with intent to sell, two counts of no tax stamp, and 9-counts of unlawful use of a communications device, namely a telephone.

The case starts with a search warrant being served at a home at 619 North Plum in the early morning hours of July 9, of last year. Prior to the search warrant being served, DEU agents seized around 2-pounds of methamphetamine. He allegedly admitted that he arranged the pick-up and distribute the drugs. During the search, they also allegedly found around an ounce of cocaine and a large amount of cash, around 5-thousand dollars. He allegedly used his cell phone to make the drug sales. He also apparently has a hold with immigration officials.

Judge Joe McCarville has now been pushed back any preliminary hearing to April 28.