Charlene Webb told the Supreme Court yesterday that the statements she made to Police about her involvement with the drugs package were all lies in an attempt to be released from custody.

She took the stand yesterday after Puisne Judge the Hon. Mr. Justice Ground denied the application made by Webb's lawyer Mr. Frank Phipps QC that there was no case to answer.

In her Police statement, Webb said she had met Farrel, who she claimed was a friend, at the McDonald's restaurant on the Base. She said that on October 11, 1993, he came to St. Brendan's Hospital, where she worked, and gave her what she thought was a gift.

She added that she opened the box and saw three smaller packages but she did not open them. Webb also told Police that she had planned to show the switchboard operator the package because she thought it was a joke.

Webb, 27, is accused of using US Base personnel and their Base post office boxes to import cannabis and cocaine into Bermuda.

She denies conspiring with Oswald Farrel to import cocaine and cannabis, importing cocaine and cannabis, and possessing those drugs intended for supply.

But yesterday Webb told the court that she only told the Police what they wanted to hear and she did not know Farrel or Carl Storey who both admitted to conspiring together with Webb to import drugs into Bermuda.

"On October 12 1993, I left the industrial therapy department where I had finished opening letters and as I was returning to my office I was confronted by four Police officers. They kept asking me where the package was. I didn't know what they were talking about.

"They showed me a black bag which I said was mine and when they opened it it had grey taped bundles in it. They also pulled brown paper and a box out of the two trash cans.'' She also denied writing letters, referring to "Base moves'' and "operations'', which Police found at her Sandys home.

"I never signed the Police statement because everything was a lie. I thought that if I told them what they wanted to hear they would release me. Farrel and Storey mentioned someone named Charlene and that Charlene is not me. I have never been involved in drugs and I have never accepted drugs from anyone.'' However, Crown Counsel Mr. Khamisi Tokumbo said: "You expect the jury to believe the story you have just told. You were caught with your hand in the cookie jar weren't you.'' "You told the Police that the bag that the dummy packages were found in belonged to you and you were seen coming out of the room with a pair of scissors.

"Your defence is that Storey and Farrel are lying and setting you up, and Bermuda Police officers are setting you up as well.'' Webb replied: "I am not the only Charlene in Bermuda and I am not the only Charlene that works at St. Brendan's.'' But Mr. Tokumbo said: "You were involved in an operation in which you were the chief executive officer. It involved runners and delivery people. You are now entangled in your own web of criminal activity that you have spun.'' The trial continues today before Puisne Judge the Hon. Mr. Justice Ground.