Supreme Court yesterday after the former plumber was found guilty of possessing cocaine with intent to supply.

The 12-member jury took just under an hour and a half to return the ten-to-two majority vote verdict.

The father-of-one received an additional five years for the second count of the indictment -- possession of drug equipment -- which he admitted. The sentences will run concurrently.

Brown, who turns 31 later this month, sat quietly in the dock and displayed no outward emotion as the judgement was read out by the jury foreman.

He declined to address the court before sentence was passed by Puisne Judge, the Hon. Mr. Justice Ward.

An application by defence lawyer Mr. Philip Perinchief for a social inquiry report was deemed unnecessary by the judge, who said: "The policy concerning the distribution of drugs is clear.'' Mr. Justice Ward also refused to take into account some three months Brown spent in custody, because he was granted bail until yesterday's sentencing.

The Crown's case hinged on the testimony of the two undercover Policemen who arrested Brown on October 29, 1991, Det. Con. Rudolph Richardson and Det. Con.

Clinard (Butch) Burgess.

On the evening in question, they and three other narcotics officers were on a routine patrol in the area of Pembroke known as Middle Town.

Det. Con. Richardson and Det. Con Burgess said they spotted Brown standing alone on Middle Town Lane "fidgeting with something'' with his back to them.

When they began to approach him on foot, someone nearby yelled "the man'', which caused Brown to turn around.

The officers then saw him immediately drop an object by his feet and toss a large, plastic bag into the yard of a private residence.

Brown handed an aluminium foil bundle containing $6,000 in mixed currency to Det. Con. Richardson saying: "You can't arrest me. All I have is money.'' A further $1,510 was found in his pants pockets.

Some of the money was described by Brown as "a friend's'' and he testified that the remainder was his own, earned through gambling and cutting his sister's lawn.

The two packages retrieved at the scene yielded 108 "twists'' of cocaine, with a total street value of between $13,500 and $15,400.

Acting on information, Police found plastic strips and cut bag ties concealed in a stereo speaker during a warranted search of Brown's apartment on Berkeley Road in Pembroke.

The court heard that a closet full of new clothes and sneakers, a stereo/CD player with six speakers and a magnum bottle of champagne were also found.

The unemployed Brown told the court friends had given him many of the items.

Under cross-examination from Crown Counsel Ms Sharon Kenny, Brown said he was able to pay his monthly expenses, which averaged $955, through gambling.

During the three-day trial defence witness William (Sherbeteye) Robinson admitted that he had sold seven twists of cocaine for Brown just hours before his arrest.

But Robinson, who said he is no longer involved in the local drug scene because of his renewed Christian faith, insisted the drugs found on the lawn did not belong to Brown.

He also maintained he was talking to his friend when Police arrived in the area, and that Brown was not in possession of any plastic bags.