money it was argued he made from selling drugs.

Herman Ray Steede, 39, denied he obtained the cash illegally. He claimed it was part of a final pay cheque of $640 he received from his brother's construction company.

After Steede declined to call his brother to confirm the tale, Chief Justice the Hon. Sir James Astwood, ordered that the $723.20 be forfeited. "They can have the money, I've served my time,'' said Steede. "I'm not going to call him off his job for a lousy $723 and some-odd cents. I'm due to be released soon.'' Earlier, Crown counsel Mr. Brian Calhoun said as a result of information received, narcotics officers attended the Reflections nightclub parking lot in St. George's on May 3, 1990.

Officers in the unmarked Police car saw about eight men gathered. Steede looked into the vehicle, saw the officers and suddenly turned the pedal cycle he was riding around and sped off.

He was chased and eventually caught by the officers but as they attempted to apprehend him, he reached in his shirt, took out a bulky brown paper twist and threw it away.

The officers recovered the twist and found 18 smaller brown paper twists inside. They also found the cash on him.

Steede told the officers he was not employed and would not say how he obtained the cash.

When analysed, the twists were found to contain 10.5 grams of cannabis. A Supreme Court jury found Steede guilty of possessing the drug with intent to supply and he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

He appealed his sentence and it was reduced to 18 months on March 7, 1992. Mr.

Calhoun said it was the Crown's position that one could draw a reasonable inference from the packaging of the drug and the crowd of men in the parking lot, that Steede was selling the cannabis.