PORT ANGELES — A 49-year-old Port Angeles man was found to be in possession of more than 15 grams of suspected methamphetamine when he was arrested on a bench warrant last week, the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team said.
Marvin Emile Branham was arrested just east of Port Angeles at about 4 p.m. June 21, OPNET announced in a Monday news release.
He had 15.6 grams of suspected meth in a bag in his right front pocket, Detective Michael Grall wrote in the arrest report.
A smaller bag containing 0.3 grams of suspected meth was found in the same pocket when Branham was booked into the Clallam County jail, Grall said.
The substance in both bags tested positive for meth, Grall said.
Branham was charged June 22 with single counts of possession of methamphetamine and contempt of court for disobeying an order related to a 2015 felony drug case.
New charges
He is scheduled to be arraigned on the new charges at 1:30 p.m. today.
Branham was charged in June 2015 with two counts of delivery of methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to manufacture or deliver methamphetamine for allegedly possessing and selling the drug to an OPNET informant, court records show.
He was found to be in possession of about 1 pound of meth at the time of his arrest in 2015, OPNET said.
Branham pleaded not guilty to the charges and awaits an Aug. 1 trial.
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