ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne returned home from holidays in the Dominican Republic to find his home broken into, despite round the clock security by members of the security services.

Public Safety Minister Stedroy Benjamin, on a radio programme in Antigua, said that no stone would be left unturned as the authorities probe the break-in at the prime minister’s private residence at Hodges Bay, north of here.

He said while he is not pointing fingers at anyone, he cannot understand how the robbery took place at the property when the police and members of the defence force are providing security on a 24-hour basis.

“These are people trained to protect,” Benjamin said, adding “you could be sure of one thing that whenever that person is discovered the full force of the law will be brought against that individual whoever that person may be.

“It is reprehensible, it is wrong, it is absolutely disgusting,” said Benjamin, who is also the attorney general.

He told radio listeners that the security diary of one of the guards had indicated she had noticed irregularities with windows and other areas on the property before Browne and his family returned from their holidays on Sunday.

Benjamin gave no details as to whether anything had been stolen from the house.