The US authorities handed over US $1.7 million for the base’s construction on close to two acres of land at Bell Hall in Portsmouth, but to date only bushes and trees greet the casual observer.

On May 31,2012, in the glare of the cameras and obviously relishing the publicity, Skerrit boasted that the base “will include buildings and a jetty on the shores of Douglas Bay at Bell Hall on the north side of the Cabrits Peninsular.”

He even warned the drug dealers that ““we will chase you, catch up with you, search you out and subject you to the full force of the law,”

However, despite his bravado the base remains unbuilt and questions have begun to surface about the whereabouts of the US $ 1,7 million given by the Americans.

Opposition leader Hector John frustrated by the government’s failure to respond to any question concerning the base’s construction has turned to the US representatives for help.

At a recent meeting in Roseau, US embassy representatives from Bridgetown, Barbados told John that they were informed by Mr. Skerrit that “he was forced to change the location of the base.”