A jury heard yesterday that two men arrested in connection a $1 million drug plot attempted to escape police during a daylight raid at Burchall's Cove.Lorenzo Lottimore, 33, and Craig Hatherley, 27, are charged with conspiring with David Carroll and others not before the court to bring heroin to Bermuda between an unknown date and June 2 last year.They deny both the charge.Prosecutor Garrett Byrne told the court in his opening statement that the investigation came as a result of a baggage handler in Philadelphia, Brian Wade, was caught placing a bag of cannabis on a flight bound for Bermuda.Mr Byrne said in the following months, US authorities recorded numerous phone calls between Mr Wade and Mr Lottimore as they plotted another drug shipment. The prosecutors allege that Mr Lottimore was involved in co-ordinating the plot, while Mr Hatherley flew to New York to purchase the drugs and deliver them to Mr Wade.But while he believed he handed drugs to a friend of Mr Wade, he instead passed a package of heroin to an undercover officer. The heroin was measured to be 397.6g, which prosecutors claim could be sold for as much as $997,000 on the streets of Bermuda.Mr Wade said he would stash the drugs on a US Airways flight to Bermuda on June 1, 2011, but instead authorities put a dummy bag containing wheat flour in its place.Mr Byrne told the court that the package was picked up by Loren Marshall, who carried it out of the airport hidden in a blue and white Thermos. He then passed the Thermos to Mr Carroll at Burchall's Cove in Hamilton Parish before leaving the area.Minutes later, police raided the area, and arrested Mr Carroll and Mr Lottimore.Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard evidence from several officers involved in the June 1, 2011 operation.Detective Constable Andre Richards of the Financial Crime Unit said that his car was the second on the scene. When he pulled in, he said he saw Mr Lottimore and Mr Carroll standing near a motorcycle. Both men attempted to flee the area as soon as they saw the officers.“[Mr Lottimore] got on his bike and he sped towards my direction,” DC Richards said. “While doing so his bike collided with the near side of the first vehicle, but he continued and he collided with the near side of the vehicle I was driving.DC Richards said both he and another officer stepped out of the car, and he saw Mr Lottimore and his motorcycle on the ground. Officers were attempting to arrest Mr Lottimore, but he said the defendant continued to struggle, kicking at the officers.The officers eventually gained control over Mr Lottimore, and DC Richards said he searched one of the defendant's pockets. Inside, he discovered a LG branded cell phone and a charger.He also noticed that Mr Lottimore had a blue and white Thermos on a strap around his chest, but was instructed no to remove it so that it can remain “in situ” until it could be forensically examined.DC Richards said that he later drove Mr Lottimore to the Hamilton Police Station and, during a subsequent search found two BlackBerry cell phones, another LG cell phone and a quantity of cash in the defendant's pockets.Under cross examination by lawyer Victoria Pearman, representing Mr Lottimore, the officer denied seeing any of the officers detaining the defendant punch or grab the crotch of her client.Ms Pearman also questioned why DC Richards searched only one pocket at Burchall's Cove, saying: “It doesn't make sense to search one pocket.”Detective Sargeant David Bhagwan meanwhile said that he was in the first car that arrived on the scene as part of what he described as “Operation Sky High.”“At 4.05pm, Acting Chief Inspector Robert Cardwell who was in operational control gave us the code word, 'strike,'” he told the court.“As a result, I drove the unmarked police car to Burchall's Cove dock and when entering the dock, I saw two of the suspects in the case.”The detective said that he saw Mr Lottimore run towards his bike while Mr Carroll, who was directly in front of his car, ran towards a nearby path. He and another officer set off on foot following Mr Carroll.He said that Mr Carroll was holding a brown paper bag in one hand and was carrying a purple backpack. During the foot chase, Mr Carroll tossed both bags.Det Sgt Bhagwan said that when Mr Carrol threw the paper bag, he saw two bundles of money fly out.Mr Carroll was detained by the officers and arrested on suspicion of conspiring to import drugs. After being cautioned, he reportedly told the detective: “What drugs? I was sitting on the dock smoking weed.”Later that day, Det Sgt Bhagwan led a search of Mr Lottimore's apartment, located on Rockland Road, where they recovered a computer and several pieces of paper in a room he identified as the defendant's bedroom.Among the documents were two pieces of paper with phone numbers, which Det Sgt Bhagwan identified as being involved in the case, and documentation regarding a Western Union transaction.Lawyer Victoria Pearman questioned Det Sgt Bhagwan about the search of her client's home, asking if there was any independent witness to the search. He responded that there was not.She said there was no way to be sure that the bedroom where the papers where found could be identified as Mr Lottimore's.The detective said the room contained numerous bills and paperwork with Mr Lottimore's name, and that the clothes in the room appeared to belong the defendant.The trial is expected to continue today.