smuggling ring were divulged in Supreme Court yesterday. But jurors still did not learn his name.

Prosecution witness Antonio Miranda -- the Cubans' "man in Bermuda'' -- said his expenses included a large sum to buy "gifts'' for the organisation's "attorney here on the Island, his wife and two daughters''.

The sixth day of alleged drug smuggler Larry Ebbin's trial also saw a surprise admission of evidence.

In an effort to prove Miranda was a liar, defence lawyer Mr. Archie Warner produced a letter he wrote for Bermuda Stroller Ted Ming while they were both in jail.

The handwritten letter said Ming was "never'' aware of why Miranda was on the Island, nor did the entertainer know of his dealings. The letter started out, "I, Antonio Miranda make this sworn affidavit...'' Miranda testified he "composed'' the letter about one month before Ming was freed by the Court of Appeal in exchange for Ming's help on the Island while he was in jail.

The contents of the letter were not true, Miranda said.

Mr. Warner said: "I suggest once again, on your own admission, you are telling the jury that you have lied for your own benefit, just as you lied in your statements of the sixth and seventh (of January 1993).'' The 27-year-old Cuban-American is serving a 20-year sentence at Casemates Prison.

Mr. Warner went on to question Miranda as to why he waited until two years after his arrest to cooperate with Police.

"I wanted to cooperate with Police from the day I got arrested,'' Miranda said. "I consulted my lawyer as to what would happen to me if I got arrested here on the Island. He told me it was in my best interest to keep my mouth shut.'' Miranda said he eventually did talk to Police. But instead of telling the truth he made up a story of how he came into possession of $89,000 cash and 13 ounces of cocaine, found in his Smith's Parish home when he was arrested in May 1990 -- having just delivered 18 ounces of cocaine, allegedly to Ebbin and Colin Smith.

Police had told him his wife would be released if he cooperated, he said. But Mr. Warner suggested the only reason Miranda decided to cooperate was to get his lengthy prison term cut when his appeal is heard later this year.

Miranda agreed testifying against Ebbin would probably help him get his sentence reduced. But he also decided to cooperate, because: "My lawyers had turned their backs on me and I got disgusted with the whole matter and decided it was best to come out with the truth.'' Crown counsel Mr. Diarmuid Doorly questioned him about some torn pages Police found at his old apartment at Valley Cottages.

Miranda testified he made the notes and sums on the pages to keep track of money received and owed to him for cocaine deliveries on the Island. He had also listed his expenses, which included money for gifts for his attorney.

Though Miranda did not disclose the name of the lawyer, he told jurors the names of other locals referred to in the notes.

He said the abbreviation "fels'' referred to Dillas and Ebbin. There were also abbreviations for other regular customers including a man called Anthony Stoneham and a Mr. Coleman, he claimed.

Ebbin has denied importing cocaine between May 11 and May 20 of 1990 and conspiring to import the drug between October 1988 and May 17 1990 with others not before the court.