An undercover Police officer yesterday described how he watched a man accused of importing drugs in golf clubs visit the Mid-Ocean Club.

He was testifying during day three of the Supreme Court drug trial of Richard Ricardo Steede, 39, of 12 Kitty's Drive, Hamilton Parish and Lang Onley, 40, of 12 Harvest Lane, Hamilton Parish.

Both men are charged with conspiring to import more than a pound of cocaine, possessing of cocaine with intent to supply, possessing 13 grams of cannabis and handling the same drug with a street value of $138,000.

Det. Con. Adrian Cook told the court he was shown a video at the Narcotics Department of a black canvas golf bag with a green-and-tan golf bag on March 30 last year.

The officer said he went to Mid-Ocean Club as part of a surveillance team of officers lead by then Sgt. Andrew Boyce.

Det. Con. Cook said he trailed a private car by riding on his personal motorcycle then he took up a vantage position at Highland Road, on North Shore, Hamilton Parish.

He said he saw Steede's car pulled over in a lay-by opposite Harlem Heights Road.

"He stopped immediately and I saw an arm emerging from the driver's window.

He was waving frantically and I was unable to see who was in the car,'' said Det. Con. Cook.

The court heard the officer trailed the car towards the railway trail. Police then noticed two cars in that road. Det. Con. Cook said he travelled incognito along North Shore Road on to Middle Road then turned left at the junction with Vermont Road in Smith's Parish.

The car driven by Steede made a left turn up a private drive near St. Mark's Church, the officer added.

At that time Det. Con. Cook said he ended the trailing exercise and returned to his office.

The following day at 9:45 a.m. Police, again acting undercover at Mid-Ocean Club, saw Onley.

Det. Con. Cook said Onley was wearing a helmet and he walked briskly towards a storage shed, he then got on a Honda Scoobey motorcycle ridden by another man.

He noted that Onley had in his possession the same bag he saw earlier on a video at Narcotics office.

"Onley ran to the eastern side of the storage building and jumped onto the rear of a motorcycle ridden by another man,'' he recalled.

Det. Con Cook said he could not see the face of the rider because of the distance.

On March 31, 1998 Det. Con. Cook said he went to Harlem Heights which is at the rear of Kitty's Drive to Steede's residence.

He said he went to a shed and saw a green-and-tan-coloured golf bag.

Shirley Bayne, a former Government analyst told the court she was present on March 29 last year when golf expert Edwin Jackson, who was working with Police, removed a white powdery substance from the shafts.

Mrs. Bayne said individual photographs were taken of the golf clubs before there were dismantled by Mr. Jackson using a drill and bit.

She said the contents of each golf club was sealed in zip-lock bag.

Some 388 grams (more than a pound) of powder was removed from the golf club shafts, Mrs. Bayne said.

The former analyst said she was with Mr. Jackson on April 7 when he cracked open the steel shafts at the Narcotics Office.

She said this was done to retrieve the remainder of the powder.

The case continues today before Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller. Lawyer Richard Hector is representing Steede and Onley is represented by lawyer Richard Horseman in the absence of Lawyer Mark Pettingill. Peter Eccles is acting for the Crown.