training programme.

US Airways used the Island as a training destination for its newest aircraft, as a method of giving pilots "over water'' experience without having to fly thousands of miles.

The new Airbus A330 touched down on Monday in the last of several visits to Bermuda during the last few days.

The aircraft is the latest addition to the airline's fleet and will be used for its trans-Atlantic routes; from Philadelphia to Paris, Frankfurt and, eventually, the UK.

Local US Airways' manager Herbie Siggins said: "Bermuda provides a very useful opportunity to fly the aircraft in oceanic conditions without having a long flight. It can get back to Philadelphia fairly quickly.'' Yesterday, Captain Tracy Barnett, who is in charge of pilot training for US Airways, and first officer Rick Ross, a pilot training officer, brought the Airbus in for a few hours.

Mr. Siggins said the visit was mainly for pilot and maintenance training, but also included time for airport support staff to check the aircraft out.

It is billed as the airline's rival to British Airway's long range Boeing 777 aircraft and is currently part of a three-strong fleet, with a further plane expected soon.

CAUGHT IN THE ACT CTS Caught in the act It was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time for one Hamilton Parish man who appeared in Magistrates' Court this week.

For cannabis user Wyndell Gibran Phillips, 20, was caught in the act when the house he was staying at was raided by Police -- who had come looking for another man.

Phillips, of Aubrey Road, was staying at a house on Redkiln Road when Police burst in and found him in "a catatonic state'' in the early hours of December 15 last year. The officers, who had been issued with a search warrant, had come to question another man.

Noticing that Phillips smelt of cannabis the defendant was searched and found to be in possession of 2.82 grammes of the drug as well as cigarette papers.

Phillips was arrested and taken to St. George's Police Station for processing and told Police that the drugs were for his personal use.

On Monday Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner fined Phillips $500 and $300 for possessing the cannabis and drug equipment respectively.

HOUSE ARREST CRM House arrest Police were called to a Sandys home on Tuesday night after the resident and friends detained a man suspected of theft.

The 41-year-old Paget man was at the Morgan Hill home when the owner noticed some items of jewellery were missing from her room.

She detained him until Police arrived and searched him and found some of the items which were allegedly stolen.

The Paget man was arrested and taken to Somerset Police Station.

In an unrelated incident, Police report that a Warwick woman found her handbag missing early on Tuesday morning after her Fiddlewood Drive home was broken into the night before.

The bag contained bank and credit cards and various other personal items.

And Police yesterday asked anyone approached by a person trying to sell cedar wood or trees to come forward.

Some 20 mature cedar trees were cut down at a Peak Road, Smith's Parish property last month and some were removed. On Monday the owner found about four more had been cut down.

The trees are valued at $85 each and anyone with information is asked to call P.c. Williams or Sgt. Pedro at 297-1122.

Anonymous information can also be left on the Crimestoppers hotline at 1-800-623-8477.