of handling more than $200,000 worth of drugs.

Dwight Wright changed his plea at the beginning of the second day of his trial in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon.

The day's proceedings were delayed for nearly 30 minutes while defence lawyer Richard Hector met with trial judge Chief Justice Austin Ward.

And when the session reconvened Mr. Hector asked for two of the six charges to be re-read to his client.

Wright pleaded guilty to handling cocaine and handling cannabis. Four other charges of possessing and importing the two drugs were kept on the record.

After the foreman of the jury had officially returned guilty verdicts on the two counts, Wright, 28, of Spanish Town, Jamaica, was granted bail and ordered to appear before the court again this morning for sentencing.

On Wednesday, the first day of proceedings, the court heard how staff colleagues on board The Norwegian Majesty cruise ship discovered more than $200,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis while the vessel was docked in St.

George's last September.

The drugs were found in a mineral water box in the ship's holding cell, for which Wright as chief bell boy, was responsible.