returning with more than $75,000 worth of cannabis last May, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.

Janeene Lashae Harris, 20, has pleaded not guilty to charges of importing 1,532 grams of cannabis, possessing and handling the controlled drug.

A co-accused, Nathaniel Colin Washington, admitted importing a controlled drug and will be sentenced in February.

Principal Crown Counsel Dorien Taylor is presenting the case against Harris before Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller.

Lawyer Elizabeth Christopher represents Harris. The trial is expected to take a week.

Mr. Taylor's first witness was Degrado Cruise Jr., a senior US Customs inspector who testified that Harris told him that a phone number he found in her purse when she was leaving was Nathaniel Washington's.

Mr. Cruise said he handled Ms Harris' departure forms and inspected her handbag.

He said: "She said she was going for a trip to New Jersey and she had about $2,500 she was carrying.

"During the inspection, I discovered a phone and room number. I asked the young lady what the phone number was for and she stated it was for a friend named Nathaniel Washington who she was to meet in New Jersey.'' Mr. Taylor asked Mr. Cruise if he remembered the number and Mr. Cruise said yes, saying aloud: "Phone number 973-677-3100 and the room number was -- 606.'' Prosecution's next witness, Pamleta Webb, a Bermuda Customs agent, said she stopped Harris on arrival on May 22, 1999.

After reading Harris' Customs declaration and establishing the two bags Ms.

Harris approached the counter with belonged to her and she packed them herself, Mrs. Webb emptied both bags.

Mrs. Webb said one of the bags was still heavy when it had been emptied, adding she then took Harris to a further search room.

Mrs. Webb met with a Police officer, identified as Sergeant (Dave) Matthews, when Harris was still outside the room and as a result of the meeting, X-rayed the Hartman bag.

Mrs. Webb said she saw a questionable outline in the bottom of the bag and Sgt. Matthews cut the bottom open.

"Once the bag was cut, a box was found with black paper wrapped around it.

Sgt. Matthews cut a corner of the package revealing what appeared to be plant material,'' said Mrs. Webb.

She said Sgt. Matthews asked Harris who the package belonged to and if she knew what it was. Harris did not respond.

During cross-examination, Ms. Christopher revealed an intimate search of Harris took place with Mrs. Webb and a female Police officer present.

Ms Christopher also put to Mrs. Webb that during Police transit to the hospital for x-rays, Sgt. Matthews asked Harris to participate in a sting operation.

Mrs. Webb was present, with the female officer, and said the conversation was "general'' and she could not remember exactly what was said.

Ms Christopher also revealed that there was a discrepancy between a Police report Mrs. Webb signed in June about the incident and her testimony.

The report makes no mention of Sgt. Matthews asking Harris about the drugs when they were found.

The trial continues today.