NASSAU-Guards busted an inmate with marijuana twice in September, a court heard.
Stephen Anthony Greene, 28, is on trial for two counts of drug possession with intent to supply.
Greene, who is serving 15 years for armed robbery, has denied the allegations at his trial before Magistrate Samuel McKinney.
Corrections officer Aurelia Russell, who’s attached to the prison’s canine unit, testified that she went to Greene’s cell in Maximum Security with a drug sniffing dog on September 14.
According to Russell, when she deployed the dog it gave an indication near two buckets in the middle of the cell.
The prosecutor, Inspector Timothy Bain, asked, “Where was the defendant at that time?”
Russell replied, “He was standing in front of his cell on the outside.”
Russell said Corporal Christoph Taylor found 58 packages of marijuana hidden in the “grooves” of one of the buckets.
The drugs weighed a total of 2.6 ounces valued at $200.
Guards raided Greene’s cell again in September 20.
On that occasion, Principal Officer Manuel Jacques said he found two plastic bags containing just over one ounce of marijuana inside a Monster energy drink can.
Both officers said that Greene was the sole occupant of his cell.
Greene, who is representing himself, denied that drugs were in his cell. He also argued that he could not see what the guards were doing because he was outside the cell.
Greene’s trial continues on December 17.
In February, Greene’s girlfriend, Warnika Russell, was caught smuggling 2.6 pounds of marijuana into the prison while pretending to be a lawyer.
She told officers that Greene had offered her $3,000 to smuggle the drugs.
