When confronted by Police at St. Brendan's Hospital, Charlene Webb denied knowing former serviceman Oswald Farrel, whom she allegedly used to smuggle drugs into Bermuda.

She also said that she never received a package from him.

But Det. Con Rudolph Richardson said yesterday in Supreme Court that the dummy drugs package delivered to Webb was found in a bag that she admitted belonged to her.

Webb, 27, is accused of using US Navy personnel and their Base post office boxes to import cocaine and cannabis into the Island.

The White Hill, Sandys Parish resident denies conspiring with Farrel to import cocaine and cannabis between February 20, 1992 and October 13, 1993, importing cocaine and cannabis and possessing those drugs intended for supply.

One package seized by Police contained 459 grams of cocaine which had an 83 percent purity and a street value of $145,750 and 863 grams of cannabis with a street value $43,150.

Farrel claims he agreed to help Webb import drugs into Bermua using his US Navy post office box. He was arrested at the Airport while smuggling $50,000 abroad and served six months in US Navy prison.

Det. Con. Rudolph Richardson told the court that on September 23 he was on duty at the Civil Air Terminal when he arrested Farrel.

He said that after interviewing Farrel and finding out he was involved in a drug smuggling operation he spoke with US Navy investigator Bob Bratton who then surveyed the Base post office for a package of drugs that Farrel said he was expecting.

He said that on October 11, the package containing cocaine and cannabis arrived and was seized. A dummy package was substituted and Det. Con.

Richardson then accompanied Farrel to a pay phone.

"I heard him say is this Charlene and the woman replied yes and asked if he was leaving now with the package,'' Det. Con. Richardson said. "Farrel said in a little while. She told him that when he gets to St. Brendan's he was to ask for her at the front desk.

"Farrel and I returned to Bratton's office and later we went back to the same phone booth where he had further conversations with the woman. He suggested to the woman that they meet in St. George's but she told him that it was too busy. She then told him to take a cab to the hospital and she would pay the fare.'' Det. Con. Richardson also said that he and other officers followed Farrel to the hospital and took a static position.

"After Farrel delivered the package and left the hospital we went through the main entrance into accounts looking for Charlene Webb. We did not see her nor did we see the package that had been delivered. We exited accounts and when we were in the hallway I saw the defendant coming from another room.

"We approached her and I saw that she had a pair of scissors in her right hand. We identified ourselves as Police narcotics officers and asked her a series of questions about the box we were looking for. The defendant denied receiving the box from Farrel and she denied knowing him.

"We went with her into her office and we had another look for the box. There was still no sign of it. We asked her to accompany us to the room she had come out of and once inside we saw a black leather bag in the chair.'' Det. Con. Richardson added that Webb said the bag belonged to her. Woman Det Con. Tucker opened the bag and saw that it contained five dummy packages which had been put into the box on the Base. When asked what they were, Webb did not reply.

She was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to import drugs and cautioned. The officers then searched the two trash cans in the room and found the box, the wrapping and three containers which were empty.

"We also searched the trunk of her car and found a letter which contained information with the name Oswald Farrel. In the letter it was stated that Farrel's Base post office box number was an apartment number. An automatic teller machine receipt was also found with a number written on it.

"When searching Webb's house we seized 103 letters from her bedroom and she admitted to writing them. There was nothing else of any relevance seized.'' Det. Con. Richardson also said that during a further search of Webb's car officers found a pass in her name to enter the Naval Air Station which expired in 1991.

The trial continues on Monday before Puisne Justice the Hon. Mr. Justice Ground. Crown counsel is represented by Mr. Khamisi Tokunbo. Webb is represented by Mr. Frank Phipps QC and Mr. Ed Bailey.