[2] In 1871 a dispute arose between Great Britain and the Netherlands regarding the border between British Guiana and Suriname.

[4][5] On 10 December 1967, a seaplane landed, and the pilot told the workers that they were trespassing on Guyanese soil.

[6] On 12 December, four armed policemen arrived and ordered the workmen to leave the area.

In 1968, the Defence Police was established by the Surinamese prime minister Jopie Pengel and mainly consisted of former soldiers of the Netherlands Armed Forces in Suriname (TRIS).

[1] On 19 August 1969, two airplanes of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) landed in the vicinity of the camp.

In 2014, a soldier drowned when his boat capsized, and the existence of the military camp was confirmed.