A Warwick woman caught with nearly 200 grams of cannabis in her knapsack at the airport was yesterday found guilty of importing drugs into Bermuda.

Kenita Furbert, 24, of Camp Hill Road, maintained throughout her trial the drugs had been planted on her when she returned from a visit to her boyfriend in Orlando in February.

But yesterday a jury of eleven women and one man took just an hour to find her guilty by a unanimous verdict of importing drugs and being in possession with intent to supply. Furbert, who had remained calm throughout the trial, burst into tears after the verdicts were read out.

Defence lawyer, Mr. Archie Warner, argued that sentencing should be deferred until social inquiry and psychiatric reports on Furbert had been compiled.

And he also told acting Chief Justice Norma Wade Miller that his client should be granted bail until the reports were ready, arguing that a custodial sentence would not be a certainty.

But Mrs. Justice Wade Miller rejected the argument, telling Furbert: "You have heard the verdicts and so I am remanding you in custody in order for these reports to be ordered.'' Furbert had already admitted causing wilful damage after breaking a water pipe while in custody shortly after her arrest.

Earlier she had told the court how she had travelled to Orlando via Atlanta on January 26 to spend a week with her ex-boyfriend and several friends.

On the morning of her return to the Island on February 3 she went to a restaurant for breakfast, although her boyfriend stayed at home.

She was later stopped by Customs officers on her arrival at the airport. A routine search revealed cannabis with a street value of more than $3,000 packed into capsules hidden inside three bottles of lotion.

Furbert maintained that the drugs had been planted, telling Customs officer Kenneth Simmons: "What could that be? I stayed with some friends. How could someone do that to someone else -- put something in their luggage?'' It was a claim the jury failed to believe.

Sentencing was adjourned until October 28.