possessing heroin.

Riley, who recently returned home after pleading "no contest'' to drug charges with six other local players in Miami, was also accused of stealing a Suzuki motorcycle and receiving a stolen cycle.

The 21-year-old denied all three alleged offences, which were said to have occurred on August 18, last year.

Magistrate the Wor. Cheryl Ann Mapp granted him bail in the sum of $500 with a surety for the same amount.

But she imposed a $300 fine on Riley and banned him from driving for a year after he admitted to driving at 71 kph near Crow Lane on October 22.

The Royal Gazette understood that Riley was due to appear in Magistrates' Court on December 6, last year to face the heroin possession charge.

But, sources said, the hearing was postponed so he could play in the Pan-Am Games qualifying tournament in Jamaica.