of cocaine in an oven said he no idea how it got there.

Jerry Alexander Ming, of Beacon Hill, denies the charge which is said to have occurred on February 2.

Customs officers found the drugs in a General Electric oven and replaced them with a dummy package. Police followed the delivery truck to Ming's wife's Devonshire apartment where they waited for him.

Last week, Ming, represented by Mr. Archie Warner, told a Supreme Court jury he was a regular overseas shopper because the prices were better.

He said that in January, he agreed to help his wife furnish her Devonshire apartment after they split up over her alleged infidelity with a narcotics officer. He said he was doing it because his daughter would be living there.

Yesterday, Ming told the Supreme Court that in January he left the oven at a shipping company in Connecticut with a person who he thought was an employee.

He added the box the oven came in looked damaged as the top was pulled up and the bottom was cut.

"I became alarmed and I looked into the top of the box and noticed a piece of paper with HMS Customs on it, I saw that it was a dock receipt issued by Stevedoring Services. I then ascertained that the box had been inspected.'' He added that while unpacking the oven he tried to fit an oven shelf in but it would not fit.

"I then bent down and saw a zip lock sandwich bag in the bottom right hand corner,'' Ming said. "I basically just felt the package, but my main concern was why it was there. I could not conceive how Customs could have inspected the oven and not have seen the package.'' Ming also said he had never seen the package before and "I walked out of the house with the package in my hand wondering what to do.

"I was going to call the Police but then things came into my mind like the fact that I had purchased the oven, and arranged for its import and I also suspected that it could have been narcotics.'' Ming added: "My immediate concern was disassociating it from myself and getting it away from my wife and child.'' He then got on his bike and rode off. "I did not know where I was going, I heard a Police horn and I was convinced that the package was narcotics, but at first I did not think they were following me,'' Ming said.

He added: "I turned onto a dirt path near St. Brendan's and threw the package to the side and kept riding. It was just a reaction.'' "At that point I was well aware of my wife's involvement with a narcotics officer and I didn't feel comfortable calling the Police,'' he said.

He added that he went to his sister's house, contacted lawyer Mr. Michael Scott and informed him of what had happened. Mr. Scott asked Ming to come to his house.

"I called home and my wife answered that phone, she asked me where I was and then the phone was taken from her and a male voice came on. I handed the phone to Mr. Scott,'' Ming said.

He added that later Mr. Scott, Police and Customs officers retrieved the package.

The case continues today before Puisne Judge the Hon. Mrs. Justice Wade. Mr.

Philip Storr appears for the Crown.