The jury hearing the case of an airport worker accused of importing $2.2 million worth of drugs has been urged by a prosecutor to convict him.

According to Crown counsel Robert Welling, Bermuda Aviation Services (BAS) worker Macai Bean, 25, drove a sanitation truck up to the Delta flight that arrived from Boston at 11.40 a.m on September 1 2008.

A blue duffel bag dropped out of the aircraft hold and landed by another BAS employee who is said to have kicked it towards Bean. He is alleged to have picked it up, carried it to the truck and driven off.

A search was launched after security guard Iris Young reported seeing the suspicious activity. Two hours later, the bag was found by a customs officer near the waste dump at the airport. It contained 18 kilograms of cannabis and half a kilo of heroin, with a total street value of $2.28 million.

Bean, of Main Road, Sandys, denies conspiring with others to import heroin and cannabis and possessing it with intent to supply.

He was arrested on the day of the incident and Ms Young later identified a cap and sunglasses seized from his locker as items worn by the truck driver. A total of $15,000 in cash was later found by Police in one of his boots under his bed.

Bean admitted during evidence earlier this week that he drove the sanitation truck that day. However, he denied having any knowledge of the blue duffel bag and suggested that since others at the airport wear similar clothes and are allowed to drive the sanitation truck, this is a case of mistaken identity.

He told the jury the cash was his life savings.

His defence lawyer Charles Richardson repeated this argument during his closing speech to the jury yesterday pointing out that mistaken identity is something that happens regularly in daily life.

However, Mr. Welling told the jury to disregard that suggestion, and to look at other evidence in the case such as the large amount of cash, which he suggested was payment for collecting the drugs.

Mr. Welling said security guard Ms Young gave "accurate and truthful evidence," to the court earlier this week "that implicates Macai Bean in this case."

And he urged the eight women and four men of the jury: "Whether you like it or not and I'm sure some of you won't this good looking young man is guilty of all four counts on the indictment."

Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves is due to sum up the case and send the jury out to come to a verdict on Monday.