syrup to Orien Tuzo's home, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.

And even though he found it strange that Tuzo wanted to pay him so much for the favour, Pond said he did not probe the issue any further because he needed the money.

Pond, 29, of Middle Terrace, Pembroke, is facing a retrial on one count of possessing 527 pounds of cannabis with intent to supply on March 22, 1994.

Last year he was acquitted of importing the drugs worth more than $11.9 million.

Yesterday, Det. Insp. Randolph Liverpool -- reading from a Police statement -- said Pond told Police Tuzo dropped off an envelope at his house and it contained $100 as well as the bill of entry and the invoice for the boxes which had arrived on an Air Canada flight from Jamaica on March 21, 1994. The money ($100) was to pay for the duty.

Pond said Tuzo then worked at Gosling's and he wanted the boxes picked up and delivered to his Boundary Lane, St. George's home and placed in the basement.

Later that morning, Pond said he went to the airport with another man to collect the boxes but he was told to come back around 2.30 p.m. When he did so he was arrested because Police had been summoned.

A customs officer on a routine inspection discovered that some of the juice cans that were destined for jeweller Astwood Dickinson contained plant material.

Pond had signed the forms for the goods and these documents were handed over to the Police.

The case continues today before Puisne Judge Richard Ground. Charlene Scott is representing the Crown while Tim Marshall and Kim Wilson appear for the accused.