of cocaine but whole thing went sour because Police pounced upon the scene seconds after transaction occurred.

And his nervous disposition -- profuse sweating, heavy breathing and uncontrollable shaking -- are all signs pointing to his guilt.

Crown counsel Charlene Scott made these assertions during her summation to the jury yesterday.

Burgess, 35, of Rockville Lane, Pembroke, was caught in the 2001 Cuts Boutique on Court Street with a plastic bag containing packages of cocaine worth more than $70,000.

He has been charged with possessing 250.3 grams of cocaine with intent to supply and handling the drugs with intent to supply on June 5, 1996.

The cocaine was found to be 79 percent pure and worth $75,772. A Supreme Court jury will decide his fate later this morning after they have received directions on the law from Chief Justice Austin Ward.

Ms Scott said that the Crown's case was simple because Burgess "knew, suspected and had reason to suspect'' that the bag he held in his left hand contained drugs.

Moreover she said Burgess told Police that it was cocaine when he was asked what the two packages were.

Furthermore, Ms Scott said that Burgess was not truthful when he said that he had never met Campbell before he came into the store to use the bathroom.

She pointed out that Police found a piece of paper with Burgess' home phone number inside Campbell's wallet when he was arrested and searched.

On the morning of June 5, 1996 she said Burgess knew that Campbell was coming to the Boutique with the drugs.

If Burgess really wanted to avoid trouble she said he could have gone outside and called a Police detective and informed him that a man was in his store with two packages of cocaine.

Instead Burgess chose to take the bag containing the drugs from a shelf and tried to get rid of it.

Earlier, Burgess took the stand and said that he never saw Campbell until the morning of June 5, 1996.

He said Campbell came into the store and asked to use the bathroom. During that time Burgess said he went outside to place some dirt in the trash when he noticed several narcotics officers in the vicinity of the Spinning Wheel nightclub.

On his return to the store two of the officers came inside but left soon afterward.

Meanwhile Campbell, he said, had been in the bathroom for five to six minutes and he became suspicious.

And he said he asked Campbell if the Police were looking for him.

"I asked him if he had any drugs on him...he said he had coke and asked me if I could get rid of it.'' Burgess said he asked Campbell where the drugs were and Campbell said they were in a bag on a shelf.

"I grabbed the bag and inside I saw the packages...I got nervous and scared.

I just wanted to get it out of the shop as quickly as possible,'' he said.

"I started to take it out the door and get it out of the shop.'' However narcotics detectives came into the store and prevented Burgess from getting rid of the drugs and he was arrested.

In his summation, Burgess' lawyer Mark Pettingill said that there were several troubling features to the case that should cause the jurors some disquiet.

Mr. Pettingill asked:"If there was supposed to be some kind of drugs sale then why was there no money found after the Police had searched the store? "There was no money found in the store because there was no drug deal going on.'' Mr. Pettingill said that the Crown had not proven that Campbell made a phone call to 2001 Cuts Boutique on the morning of June 5, 1996 and it was significant that the phone number found in Campbell's wallet did not belong to the Boutique.

Additionally, Mr. Pettingill said the correct scenario was that Campbell was desperate to sell the drugs to someone and had been told the go to 2001 Cuts Boutique.

That same person, Mr. Pettingill alleged, is the one who notified the Police to go to the store and look for a "Jamaican national.'' Mr. Pettingill said there was nothing bizarre about Burgess allowing Campbell to use the bathroom since he could have been a potential customer who wanted to purchase some clothing.

"The first time the cops came in Larry Burgess was not nervous,'' Mr.

Pettingill told the jury. "He should have been if he was about to make a big drug deal.'' And Mr. Pettingill pointed out Burgess' decision not to call the Police when he discovered the drugs was consistent because his client had "been in trouble before'' and did not want to be associated with the package.