Paledi was facing three counts of aiding and abetting unlawful possession of firearms. In 2022, he found himself on the wrong side of the law and was among the prominent persons thrown into the web of high profile prosecutions. He was accused of aiding former president Ian Khama and former Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) boss Isaac Kgosi, to unlawfully acquire arms of war and ammunition certificates.
Paledi was charged alongside the above mentioned persons and also former Commissioner of Police, Keabetswe Makgophe, In a formal withdrawal notice issued by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions director, Nomsa Moatswi, she revealed that a decision has been taken to discontinue criminal proceedings against Paledi. “I Nomsa Sinki Moatswi, the Director of DPP for the Republic of Botswana do hereby stop and discontinue criminal proceedings against the accused person, Victor Bruno Paledi, in a criminal case of State vs Victor Bruno Paledi presently before the Village’s Magistrate’s Court,” read Moatswi’s formal notice of abandonment. Moatswi, who did not detail what informed her decision, mentioned that the withdrawal was in pursuance of her powers under the Constitution and Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act.
