made a "full and frank admission of her own guilt,'' a Crown counsel charged yesterday.

Mr. Phillip Storr made these allegations during his speech to the jury in Supreme Court.

Cole, 21, of Hollis Avenue, Queen's, New York, is alleged to have conspired with others to import seven pounds of cannabis into the Island between September 15 and 17 1994.

She is also accused of importing the drug on September 17.

Cole's mother, reggae superstar Judy Mowatt, performed last year at the Culture Shock reggae concert in Somerset.

Mr. Storr said the case was riddled with coincidences that the defence failed to convincingly address.

He said Cole had checked in the suitcase that was found to contain the 10 packages of drugs and she had a receipt for three sets of sheets, a comforter, fabric softener and a suitcase in her handbag.

There were also several seal-a-meal plastic bags in her luggage that were similar to the plastic bags used to pack the cannabis and a set of keys that opened the suitcase.

Police found the drugs concealed in the suitcase wrapped in plastic bags, fabric softener and duct tape under the comforter and sheets.

Mr. Storr also said a ticket dated September 16, 1994 was found in her handbag that recorded a journey from Cincinnati through Denver to Los Angeles. Police found the carbon copy portion in her handbag which suggested that it had been used.

This, Mr. Storr said showed that Cole used this ticket to go to Los Angeles and pick up the drugs and she returned to Baltimore under the name of Deborah Ross.

A check-in receipt at the Days Inn motel showed that she arrived there around the same time that the flight was supposed to touch down at the Baltimore-Washington International airport.

"One or two coincidences may be acceptable,'' he said. "Maybe three. There is just too much to explain. She must convince you that she did not know drugs were in the suitcase...she was caught red handed. She admitted it fully and frankly in her statement. Everything else is an attempt to wriggle out.'' Cole's lawyer Mr. Richard Hector, said the essential issue was whether Cole knew that there were drugs in the suitcase. He said her fingerprints were not found on the suitcase or on anything inside it.

Mr. Hector said Cole was never properly read her rights when she was arrested.

Furthermore, he said any key could have been used to open the suitcase.

The trial continues on Monday. At that time Puisne Judge the Hon. Mr. Justice Ground will give his instructions to the jury on the law before they retire to deliberate.