By Bernadette H. Carreon
Horizon news staff

A man has been charged with four counts of marijuana peddling.
Based on Criminal Case No. 07-070, Valentin Oikang is facing charges of trafficking in a controlled substance.
According to the affidavit of probable cause executed by Bureau of Public Safety Officer Norman Bintorio on March 8, another police officer Dolyn Tell and a confidential informant conducted a controlled buy and bust against Oikang.
The affidavit said that the informant was given $50 in pre-recorded drug funds and instructed him to buy marijuana joints from the defendant.
The controlled buy was said to have occurred towards the back of B&M store .
The affidavit said that the defendant got out of his vehicle and approached the informant.
It said that the informant then handed Oikang the money which the defendant reportedly accepted.
The affidavit further added that Bintorio then met the CI who gave him 50 joints suspected to be containing marijuana.
The defendant’s vehicle was stopped by the police and he was arrested after the marked money was caught in his hands.
The affidavit said that the defendant reportedly confessed getting marijuana from Peleliu.
Police then field tested the joints and it came back positive for marijuana.