Reid Simmons Jr.'s apartment hours after he had been arrested for allegedly importing nearly $100,000 worth of cannabis into Bermuda.

Simmons, 36, of Kilderry Esate, Smith's Parish, denies importing the drugs into the Island in four hollowed-out dictionaries on April 14, 1993.

His first trial ended in a hung jury last year.

The Crown alleges that Smith who is a former DHL employee, was acting suspiciously when he was at the Civil Air Terminal.

At that time his van was searched by Customs officers and a Police narcotics dog and one of the packages was opened because the dog had indicated an interest in it.

P.c. Belvin Smith who was the officer in charge of the dog said one Customs officer Shawn Pitcher opened the box which was addressed to David Hill of Keith Hall Road in Warwick.

Inside were four large Webster dictionaries wrapped in plastic. Pitcher opened one dictionary and discovered a large square had been cut into several pages and a large white plastic package was found inside each book. The total value of the cannabis was $97,775.

Simmons was arrested and taken to the Hamilton Police Station and a warrant was obtained to search his home later that evening.

At his home Simmons admitted to the officers that he had two bags of cannabis and a joint in the apartment.

P.c. Smith found a canister which contained two pay type envelopes and a piece of foil. Simmons said the foil was probably hashish.

P.c. Smith said he continued searching the apartment including a closet, bathroom and wicker shelf.

"I found a piece of yellow paper between some Johnson and Johnson first aid safety cards which had an address and a name on it.'' P.c. Smith said he gave the slip of paper to another officer who showed it to Simmons and read the name and address out loud.

In the kitchen P.c. Smith said he found a set of scales on top of the refrigerator. The search was completed at 8.15 p.m.

Simmons' lawyer Mr. Richard Hector asked P.c. Smith if he ever tried to find the David Hill to which the package was addressed.

P.c. Smith said he did not try to find him because he knew at least six David Hill's some of whom were his relatives.

Customs officer Arthur Virgil who was one of two personnel from that department that attended the search at Simmons' home, said that his task was to observe the search as P.c. Smith carried it out.

However under cross examination he admitted that he did not observe P.c. Smith when he went into the bathroom or whether there were other objects between the bathroom and the wicker shelf.

He was also unable to recall how many shelves there were or on which shelf the yellow paper with David Hill's name and address was found although he said the piece of paper was not protruding from beneath the safety cards.

The defence begins its case today. Puisne Judge Mrs. Justice Wade is presiding while Mr. Melvin Douglas appears for the Crown.