Suspicion was cast yesterday on an account given to the Supreme Court by a Canadian woman accused of bringing in almost $1 million worth of cannabis to the island.

Claudisha Charley, 29, said that she had come to Bermuda as an escort to meet a “sugar daddy” before discovering that one of her bags was full of drugs.

However, Daniel Kitsen-Walters, for the Crown, said that Ms Charley had lacked basic information about her trip — including where she was staying, when she was returning to Canada or even the identity of who she was meeting.

He suggested that she was fully aware of the conspiracy and an active participant to smuggle drugs.

However, Ms Charley insisted that most of the trip was arranged by her manager or “sugar daddy”.

She added: “I didn’t agree to bring in drugs. He told me it was money [in the suitcase].

“You can keep saying that, but I stand by my situation — and my situation is that I didn’t agree to bring in these drugs.”

Ms Charley has denied conspiring with others to import 9,262 grams of cannabis into the island on April 3. The drug carried a street value of up to $919,264.

Ms Charley said in her defence that she met a man last year while on vacation in Bermuda who agreed to help her find clients on the island in exchange for a cut of her pay.

She said that the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had arranged for her to spend time with a “sugar daddy” in Bermuda.

Ms Charley said she agreed to bring a bag of money with her which she thought was going to be used to help pay for her manager’s friend’s medical bills.

She added that, after returning to the LF Wade International Airport the day after landing, she was arrested by police.

During cross-examination, Ms Charley maintained that she did not have any details about the “sugar daddy” she would be meeting or what they were going to do, though she said she would receive a baseline payment of $2,000.

Questioned by Mr Kitsen-Walters, she admitted that she did not know where she was staying or how she would return home.

When going through her phone texts, Mr Kitsen-Walter pointed to a message from her manager that said a man on her flight had “boarding issues”.

Ms Charley told the court that she did not know what her “sugar daddy” looked like but found out that he was on the same flight as her.

Ms Charley said she was later asked by her manager to call customs at the airport and ask for medication that was in the suitcase.

She added that her manager told her to call the airport and tell them that she was calling from the hospital.

When asked if she did call to say she was in the hospital, Ms Charley said she didn’t remember.

Regarding the medication, she said: “I can’t tell you if that’s the truth or a lie. That’s just what he told me to say, so I said it.”

Ms Charley came back to the airport, where police arrested her after she identified herself.

Mr Kitsen-Waters suggested that she went back to retrieve the suitcase, but she insisted that she went there to get food.

Ms Charley said that she eventually got hold of her manager and asked him to get her out of the country.

Mr Kitsen-Walters suggested that she was “begging” him to get her out because she knew the plan was failing.

However, Ms Charley said: “I was scared. I was with a random guy in the hood of Bermuda and I wanted to go home.”

The prosecutor highlighted another text message from her manager stating: “So far, they don’t know anything about you.”

Ms Charley said she thought he was talking about her “sugar daddy”.

However, Mr Kitsen-Walters suggested that this was in reference to the drugs.

The trial, in front of Puisne Justice Alan Richards, continues.

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