the $7,510 he was carrying the day of his arrest was not earned through drug sales, but from gambling and mowing his sister's lawn.

Michael Wayne Brown has pleaded not guilty to possessing 78.70 grams of cocaine with intent to supply on Middle Town Lane on the evening of October 29, 1991.

He has admitted a second charge of possessing drug equipment, which was found the next day in his apartment on Berkeley Road, Pembroke.

Two of the arresting officers testified on Monday that they saw Brown drop a small "whitish'' packet at his feet and throw a large plastic bag onto the lawn of a private residence.

Det. Con. Rudolph Richardson and Det. Con. Clinard Burgess said the 30-year-old then walked towards them, handed over an aluminium foil bundle containing $6,000 and said: "You can't arrest me. All I have is money.'' The smaller packet was found to be a plastic "twist'' of .70 grams of cocaine, and the other bag contained over 100 identical doses of the drug totalling 78.0 grams.

A further $1,510 was found in Brown's pants pockets.

Brown insisted he had just come out of his sister's laundry room and was talking to an acquaintance, William Robinson, on the lawn when the Police arrived.

"And I never had anything to drop,'' Brown said angrily. "I don't know what they're talking about. I didn't throw anything.'' Det. Con. Richard Clark, Det. Con. Carl Neblett and Det. Sgt. Stephen Rollin, who were in a second Police car, testified that they did not see Brown drop anything, nor did they actually observe the other two officers retrieving the packets of cocaine.

But all three said Brown was definitely standing alone on Middle Town Lane when Det. Con. Richardson and Det. Con. Burgess approached him.