got into a CD player he had bought in New York.

And Allan Eugene Robinson said he met an acquaintance who accompanied him to Brooklyn where he saw the CD player in a store and bought it.

Robinson, 25, of Deepdale Road West, has denied importing 413 grams of cannabis with intent to supply on January 17 this year.

Earlier narcotics officer Alex Severin said the value of more than 400 grams of cannabis was more than $20,000 if sold in half gram amounts on the street.

And he added in his experience the amount seized at the Airport was not for personal use.

Det. Con. Severin added: "It's for the sale and distribution. This cannabis was imported in a radio -- a method used by drug dealers to import drugs.'' Under cross examination by Robinson's lawyer Elizabeth Christopher, Det. Con.

Severin said almost a pound of cannabis could be bought in New York for between $4,000 and $8,000.

Later, Robinson told the court he met the man, known only as Jason, in a Manhattan bar and both men took women back to the nearby Clarion Hampshire Hotel.

The two men travelled back and forth to Brooklyn over the next two days.

Robinson told the court: "Around 12 a.m. (on Friday January 17) Jay said he was going to deal with them and he asked me for the key.

"I gave it to him and he said he would be back in a bit. He returned about 5 o'clock.'' Robinson added that later that day he left the CD player at a New York airport during a 12-hour delay. He said he went with other passengers to watch a movie.

And Robinson said Police did not take notes when they asked him if he had travelled anywhere other than New York.

"I said yes, and he (officer Robert Cartwell) said, `I know','' Robinson said.

When Robinson was challenged by a Customs Officer that he had earlier replied in the negative, Robinson said he told Police and Customs: "I said yes''.

"No notes were taken both times,'' he added.

Robinson also told the court that when he was asked what a black package inside the CD player was, he replied: "I don't know.'' The trial continues today before Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller when Crown Counsel Sandra Baccus will begin her cross examination of Robinson.