Letters found in Charlene Webb's apartment discussing "Base moves'' and "operations'' were read to a Supreme Court jury yesterday.

Det. Con Rudolph Richardson read passages from the letters which were allegedly written while Webb's friend Everett Wellman was serving time in prison.

Some of the letters stated: "I have a Base move on, I didn't go to school for nothing'', and "every time the operation works money will be put on a bill''.

Other letters read: "I am relieved that the move is working out, money talks when it comes to business. Everything is fine but white is coming with weekend delivery. It was bad timing on the Base, workers were off on holiday. Will have to wait until next week. I can't wait to see more progress being made.'' Webb, 27, is accused of using US Navy personnel and their Base post office boxes to import cannabis and cocaine into the Island.

The Sandys Parish resident denies conspiring with Oswald Farrel to import cocaine and cannabis, importing cocaine and cannabis and possessing those drugs intended for supply.

Det. Con. Richardson also read a letter that stated "I don't want to be on the top of your forever love list because of what I'm doing for you. I want to be there because of how you feel.'' Administrator of St. Brendan's Hospital Mr. George P. Simons told the court that due to working closely with Webb, while she was an accounts clerk, he was able to recognise her writing.

After looking at the bundles of letters taken from Webb's apartment Simons said: "The writing on these letters is very similar to documents written by Charlene Webb. She has a distinctive flair with some of her letters. I believe they were written by Charlene Webb.'' Earlier, Webb's senior lawyer Mr. Frank Phipps QC questioned Det. Con.

Richardson on whether he had seen the box, which was delivered to Webb, before it was opened.

"It was noted that there were New York daily newspapers inside the box but one of the papers was The Royal Gazette . I suggest to you that Charlene Webb was being set up in these proceedings.'' Det. Con. Richardson replied: "I can assure you that she was not being set up. Nothing was being planted.'' When asked by Mr.Tokumbo how the Gazette got into the box, Det. Con.

Richardson said: "When in the scenes of crime office, a piece of The Royal Gazette newspaper was placed under the package that contained plant material to collect residue and somehow it made its way into the box.

During Mr. Phipps questioning, he asked Det. Con. Richardson: "You questioned Charlene Webb for four hours on October 13 and then again on October 14. Isn't it a fact that you were anxious for Webb to accept that she received the package for Everett Wellman and when you went to her home and saw Wellman, you arrested her there and then,'' said Mr. Phipps.

"She denied throughout that she had anything to do with drugs. You also asked her about a bank document that you found in the back of her car and you said you wrote the date of the day you found it on the slip, but you have October 11 on it when you found it on October 12.'' Det. Con. Richardson replied: "The slip has been altered.'' Mr. Phipps also said: "You were trying to get Webb to admit that she was bringing in drugs for Wellman. From the beginning, Charlene Webb said that she wished to cooperate and tell everything.'' He also asked whether the $50,000 which Farrel said Webb had put under his airplane seat had ever been retrieved and Det. Con. Richardson said it had not.

The trial continues today before Puisne Judge the Hon. Mr. Justice Ground.