Magistrate this week.

Shirley Parsons, of Union Street in Pembroke was charged with possession of drug equipment.

Police spotted Parsons, 39, leaning against a wall on Court Street on the evening of June 2, said Sergeant Earl Kirby, prosecuting. Knowing there was a warrant out for her arrest, they approached her and noted she was wearing an orange plastic container around her neck.

In the container, Police found a straw with traces of white powder on it, found to be cocaine. When she was questioned, Parsons claimed it was not hers, Sgt. Kirby said.

He read that Parsons had previous convictions of possession of cocaine and drug equipment in 1993.

Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis fined Parsons $200.

Dennis Calvin Harris, 40, was also charged with possession of drug equipment.

He was arrested when Police entered a house on Elliott Street, suspicious about a flickering light and a smell of burning plastic.

Harris entered the room with a plastic bag in which Police found items used for drug-processing, and a razor, Sgt. Kirby said. Traces of cocaine were later found on the equipment by a Government analyst.

Harris had been convicted for possession of cocaine and drug equipment in February this year.

Duty counsel Mr. Christian Luthi pointed out that Harris had complied with Police and admitted the charge.

Mr. Francis set a fine of $200.

Sean Reginald Tucker, a 28-year-old Smith's Parish man, pleaded guilty to obstruction and possession of cannabis.

Police made a warranted search of Tucker's house on August 19, and turned up 0.32 grams of cannabis in his bedside table, said Sgt. Kirby.

Tucker was in the kitchen cooking, and escaped from Police by jumping out a window, Sgt. Kirby reported. He was recaptured and arrested.

Sgt. Kirby told the court Tucker had been convicted in 1987 for possession of cannabis for supply, and had been given a six-month sentence.

Mr. Francis said he was giving Tucker credit for his admissions and his plea of guilty, but had to take his past record into account. He fined Tucker $250 for obstruction and $200 for possession of cannabis.

"I didn't think I was obstructing,'' said Tucker. "I didn't hit them.'' "What did you think they were coming in there for, to share your food?'' answered Mr. Francis.