A Bermudian man unknown to accused drug importer Eddy Franklyn Filiciana, was supposed to meet and take him to his hotel upon his arrival in Bermuda, the Dutchman testified yesterday during the third day of his Supreme Court trial.

Filiciana, 43, stands accused of importing over 700 grams of cocaine on December 21, last year. He has maintained his innocence throughout the trial.

While being cross-examined by Crown counsel Oonaugh Vaucrosson, Filiciana said that he only met the man once - when he was offered the job to bring the money to Bermuda.

He said that the man asked him to bring $200,000, contrary to his earlier testimony on Thursday, when he said he had bought $30,000 in American currency to be exported.

"He told me that if I took $200,000, I would get $8,000," he told Assistant Justice Archibald Warner.

Filiciana said he never had any contact with the man after that. According to him, only his friend Chamo communicated with the man.

"All I knew was that he would travel ahead of me and meet me in Bermuda," he said.

Maintaining that he believed he was exporting currency, Filiciana expressed several times his surprise that cocaine ended up being in the pellets.

"So why did you tell Officer Bean that you thought it was cocaine?" asked Mrs. Vaucrosson.

"Because that is what the ion scan tested positive for," he said.

Filiciana testified that he had never indulged in any drug and was puzzled when the scan came back positive, though he admitted that he did not tell Ms Bean this.

In a rare turn of events, when Mrs. Vaucrosson completed her cross-examination, Officer Bean came from the public gallery and whispered something into the Crown counsel's ear, prompting her to request to pose further questions to the defendant.

Mr. Warner granted her permission, but not before condemning her behaviour.

"It is unseemly to appear that you are taking instructions from Ms Bean," he scolded.

In her closing arguments, defence lawyer Elizabeth Christopher focused on the fact that her client suffered from ulcers, which meant he would have had a high presence of acid in his stomach.

"Why would he swallow cocaine?" she asked the six-woman, six-man jury.

Mr. Warner will sum up the case for the jury on Monday, when it is expected they will deliberate.