after giving evidence in the Supreme Court.

Jeffrey Kwasi Osborne, 29, of Accra Ghana, testified that he cleared Customs in England and boarded a flight to Bermuda on September 17, 1994.

He has denied importing and possessing 328.5 grams of diamorphine with a street value of $593,750.

Osborne said he arrived in Bermuda that evening with 50 pellets of what he believed to be gold in his pockets.

He said they were given to him by a fellow Ghanian he met at the Ghana Airport while en route to Amsterdam on business.

Osborne said the man, who identified himself as Kunnedy, told him he needed him to do him a favour by bringing the gold to Bermuda where someone from the US was supposed to pick it up.

After clearing Customs in Bermuda, Osborne then took a taxi to a few hotels before checking in at the Paraquet Guest House in Paget.

He told the eight-woman, four-man jury that for the next three days he made several unsuccessful calls to Amsterdam and Texas to try and make contact with someone to pick up the pellets.

"I was given a message to call a man named Tony in Texas by a woman at Kunnedy's house,'' Osborne said. "I called Tony in Texas and gave him the address and phone number of the Paraquet and was told to call back at 6 p.m.'' Still unable to make contact with Kunnedy, Osborne said he called British Airways from Hamilton on September 19 and arranged for a seat on a flight out of Bermuda, leaving the next day.

Osborne said he called Texas on September 20 and was told Tony had been arrested at the Civil Air Terminal Police Station.

He said he then tried to make arrangements with the Paraquet to pick up his luggage and settle his bill.

But, Osborne said, he learned that the guest house had already removed his belongings from the room.

"I then made a call to Africa to speak to my boss who expected me at work that morning,'' he told the court.

Osborne then broke down and cried as he recounted his boss's reaction when he spoke with him.

"He was angry at me and wanted to know why I was here,'' he said.

Puisne Judge the Hon. Mr. Justice Ground adjourned the court for five minutes to give Osborne time to regain his composure.

Upon returning, Osborne explained that he talked to his boss and told him why he was in Bermuda and that he needed money in order to make the return trip to Amsterdam.

After failing to receive money from his boss, Osborne -- who claimed he was broke -- said he pleaded with a front desk clerk at Paraquet to let him stay another night. He said he promised to pay before he left.

Under examination by his lawyer Mr. Archibald Warner, Osborne said he denied swallowing the pellets in order to import them.

The Ghanian also told the court that during his interview at Police headquarters a pair of boots belonging to him were slashed by an officer looking for drugs.

Osborne said he told the officer that if he had drugs in his boots he wouldn't just leave them in his room "for Police to just come and pick up''.

He said after being repeatedly questioned, he was given a statement by Police and told to sign it.

He said he asked if he could read the statement and they told him not to waste their time "just sign it''.

"So I signed it,'' Osborne said.

When asked by Mr. Warner if there was anything missing in his Police statement, he replied: "Yes.'' Osborne also denied ever telling Police that he swallowed the pellets, he said the suggestion came from an investigating officer.

However, Crown Counsel Mr. Peter DeJulio objected that those allegations had not been put before the officers when they gave evidence earlier in the trial.

The case resumes this morning.