escaped a prison sentence in Magistrates' Court last week.

Janeiro Sosa of New York, was fined $1,000 and given a three-month prison sentence suspended for two years after he pleaded guilty to the April 23 offence.

Sosa, a Dominican Republic national residing in the Bronx presented himself to US customs at the Civil Air Terminal at 12.45 p.m.

Insp. Peter Duffy, prosecuting, said a search by agents discovered a brown paper bag containing 18 silver foil wraps in Sosa's jacket pocket.

In his wallet, a US dollar note containing white powder was found.

Sosa told the officers he brought the drugs to Bermuda for his own use.

"I'm a drug addict,'' he said.

Insp. Duffy said the drug was 19 to 25 percent pure.

Sosa's lawyer, Mr. Tim Marshall asked Magistrate the Wor. John Judge to take into account his client's guilty plea.

Sosa, he said, was here as a tourist.

"The purity was very low,'' he said. "He has learned a very painful lesson.'' Mr. Judge told Sosa the only thing keeping him from being sent to prison was the fact that the cocaine was not very pure.

MAN TOLD TO SEEK HELP FOR DRINKING CTS Man told to seek help for drinking A 39-year-old in Magistrates' Court was fined $500 last week and advised to seek help for his drinking problem after he was caught driving while intoxicated.

"If you have a problem with drinking, and it looks as if you may, you might very well get some help before you become another road traffic statistic,'' Magistrate the Wor. John Judge told Dennis Furbert.

Furbert, of Studio Lane, Paget, was caught driving while intoxicated by Police on March 28 at 3 p.m.

Insp. Duffy, prosecuting, said officers spotted Furbert's cycle travelling east on Palmetto Road, weaving from side to side.

He said the officers stopped Furbert and found he was unsteady on his feet, his eyes were glazed and his breath smelled of intoxicants.

Furbert was arrested and taken to the Police Station where an alco-analyser test found 200 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood in his system.

Insp. Duffy said Furbert had been involved in a similar matter fairly recently. He was fined $350 and disqualified from all vehicles for 12 months in May of 1989 for the same offence.

Mr. Judge disqualified Furbert from driving for 18 months.

PREGNANT WOMAN IS ASSAULTED CRM Pregnant woman is assaulted A pregnant woman was allegedly kicked in the stomach Sunday by a 21-year-old Southampton man.

A Police spokesperson said: "The woman was conveyed to hospital, examined and later discharged. It is believed the unborn child was not harmed.'' The man is expected to appear in court in due course.

Police also reported a 27-year-old Sandys Parish woman was cut over her right eyebrow after she was assaulted by a man on King Street in Hamilton.

The spokesperson said the woman received treatment for the cut at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

Enquiries are continuing.

And a Hamilton Parish woman was indecently assaulted at a Pembroke bar on Saturday night.

VISITOR'S BAG IS STOLEN CRM Visitor's bag is stolen A tourist's light blue cosmetic bag was stolen off a table at Horseshoe Bay Beach hut on Sunday.

A Police spokesperson said the bag was taken around noon when the lady left it unattended for a couple of minutes.

The bag contained $35 in Bermuda currency and two sticks of lipstick.