Bermuda?s Salvation Army is flying down 40,000 pounds worth of Hurricane relief to the hard-pressed Caribbean islands this weekend.

Major Lindsay Rowe will meet the 727 charter plane, which is being paid for by a corporate sponsor, in Barbados where the cargo will be taken by boat to Grenada on Monday.

The plane will drop off supplies to Jamaica on its way back.

Speaking from Ontario last night Maj. Rowe said he will be shopping for building supplies and food in Barbados at the weekend, after arriving on Thursday, which would be added to the boatload.

Butterfield and Vallis have donated some canned goods and other supplies. ?There?s quite a wide variety of things being shipped down there. There?s a lot of water because it is contaminated down there.?

He said the jet would pick up supplies in New York which have been sent from Canada.

Corporate jets going to Caymans have also offered up space which the Salvation Army was using to send relief, said Maj. Rowe who will be away for a week organising the effort.

?It?s quite a big operation.?

Bermuda Police have already made an impact in Caymans, making six arrests for breach of curfew and for breaking and entering a lumber year.

The Bermuda contingent along with officers from Turks and Caicos and the British Virgin Islands make up 30 percent of the total night shift in the capital George Town after being sworn in as auxiliary members of the local force.