Man cleared of cocaine charge
of importing $26,000 worth of cocaine.
It took a six-man, six-woman Supreme Court jury a little more than an hour to exonerate Anthony Seymour, 31, of North Court Avenue, of importing 83.1 grams of the cocaine and possessing it with intent to supply.
It was alleged that Seymour imported the cocaine inside a speaker box on December 21, 1994.
A Customs officer X-rayed the speaker and spotted the cocaine wrapped in a zip-lock bag.
Seymour -- the owner of Audio Effects -- maintained throughout the trial that he did not know that there were drugs in the speaker box.
"I had no idea whatsoever, none,'' he told the jury earlier in the week.
And yesterday upon hearing the majority verdict on both charges, Seymour jumped in the air, arms clenched in fists, and yelled: "Yes!''
