importing $10,300 worth of cannabis.

The seven day Supreme Court trial should end today and the jury must decide who they believe -- Quinton King, Sinclair Samuels or neither.

The cannabis was found in Samuels' bag at the Civil Air Terminal after he and King returned from a trip to New York.

Samuels claims he knew nothing about the drug and that it was planted, along with items of clothing, by King.

King says he witnessed Samuels being given the drug by dealers and tried to dissuade him from importing it into Bermuda.

Crown Counsel Mr. Diarmuid Doorly, prosecuting, is trying to prove that King's story is mainly true but that he gave his clothes to his friend to help him conceal the drugs from Customs officials.

Samuels, 25, of Cedar Park, Devonshire, is charged with importation, possession and handling with intent to supply the cannabis. King, 26, of Border Dell Lane, Devonshire, is charged with importation and handling with intent to supply.

Mr. Doorly, King's lawyer Mr. Timothy Marshall, and Mr. Richard Hector, representing Samuels, gave their submissions yesterday.

Mr. Marshall stressed that no-one had challenged the fact that King had never been seen with the cannabis or the bag that contained it.

He said that the purpose of the trip was for King to obtain computer equipment for his firm. Samuels had gone along to help him.

Referring to King giving clothes, knowing that they were to cover the importation of drugs, Mr. Marshall said: "Do you think he was going to leave his calling card by wrapping the cannabis up in his clothes? It would be a stupid and moronic plan.

"It would be much easier just to put the cannabis in the dummy courier's luggage, so there is nothing at all linking you to the package.'' He also pointed out that Samuels did not immediately blame King, which he would have done if he thought he had "planted the drugs'' on him.

Mr. Doorly said: "There is only one explanation; that Samuels was to bring the drug back and King was to provide assistance by providing clothing to help stop his bag being searched.'' He described an attempt by Samuels to run away from Customs Officers as an "extraordinary incident.'' As for King, Mr. Doorly said: "A man is interviewed and holds his hands up and gives an admission. Of course, when he gets into the witness box he significantly changes his story.'' Mr. Hector earlier claimed that King had woven a piece of fiction which incriminated his client. "He has been supreme in the matter of making up stories. He can find a Band Aid for every sore, a answer to every question put to him.'' Mr. Hector claimed that King knew about the drug deal before he even left Bermuda and was hatching a plot by then.