and then grilled the suspects for longer than they legally had a right to do.

This emerged on Friday on the second day of the trial of two cruise ship workers Lennox Lorraine Afflick and Yangustanta Bramada before Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner.

Afflick is Jamaican and Bramada is an Indonesian. Both worked as bakers on the Zenith .

The day-long hearing saw only two Crown witnesses, Det. Con. Alex Severin and Special Constable Edward Lambert.

Afflick is represented by Victoria Pearman and Bramada by Elizabeth Christopher. Juan Wolffe is prosecuting.

The experienced narcotics officers described for the court the statements the men made between their arrests on July 24 and Bramada's confession on July 27.

Much of the day was spent on legal arguments.

On Wednesday a co-accused, Clinton Alphonso Wright, a Jamaican resident in Bermuda, was jailed for four years by Mr. Warner after he pleaded guilty to handling 240.3 grams of cocaine.

Charges of importing the cocaine and possessing it with intent to supply were dropped against Wright.

After four days of denying knowledge the drugs were his and that he had carried them, Bramada told Police he had reluctantly held the drugs for a short time before giving them to "a tall man'' in City Hall parking Lot.

Afflick, whom Bramada calls Roger, had approached him on July 15 to carry drugs, which he refused to do, saying he feared going to jail.

He would accompany Afflick to City Hall where he saw an exchange with a man.

Bramada told Police he was paid $500 for the trip.

On Sunday, July 23, Afflick again approached Bramada, showing him a sealed package, telling him "don't worry, you don't have to carry it off the ship''.

Bramada told Police "then the devil came into my brain'' and he met his friend on Front Street shortly after 11 p.m. on July 24.

Afflick handed him a package which he assumed to be marijuana which he shoved down the front of his pants.

Moments after watching Afflick and the tall man exchange handshakes, Police arrived, and arrested the trio.

Under follow-up questions by Customs Officer Lambert, Bramada admitted that he knew importing drugs into Bermuda was a crime.

He added: "I feel real sorry. I won't do it again and I hope that God forgives me for this''.

In two previous statements Bramada admitted he knew Afflick had been doing something suspicious but he had refused to join in the scheme.

He said he had only accompanied Afflick because he found himself away from the ship without money and his friend promised him money to buy a phone card.

But on Thursday, July 27, hours after a marathon seven-hour statement and question and answer period, Police confronted the 23-year-old Indonesian again.

An "agitated'' Bramada asked detectives for time to pray "before sundown'' because he is a Muslim.

Bramada was given long pants from out of his belongings and newspaper to kneel on and was left in interview room.

He emerged a half hour later appearing to have been crying and then made the confession. The maximum amount of time a suspect can be held by Police is 72 hours.