The brothers, Tshekedi and Anthony, who were detained since Friday, were reported to have cooperated with the security unit to hand over the items thereupon getting out of detention.
According to a reliable source, the items taken from the brothers were a personal laptop from Tshekedi and documents from Anthony's office.
"Anthony was released first since the documents had already been obtained from his office while Tshekedi had to wait as the spy unit went to collect the laptop at his house," said the source.
DIS communications officer, Edward Robert confirmed to The Monitor that the trio of Tshekedi, Anthony and Thea Khama was released in the afternoon.
"They were cooperative. They understand the position of the law. The DIS role in the matter is limited to investigation. Once the investigations are completed the procedure is such that whatever has been unearthed is shared with the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) to determine a suitable charge or charges to press. That call is for the DPP to make. "On account of this I am not at liberty to share with the public the outcome of the investigations," the DIS spokesperson said.
Though it is still unclear why the brothers and Thea were detained, as there has not been an official statement from the DIS, the trio's attorneys said there is speculation that it is to do with the ongoing investigation carried out by the spy unit against former statesman Khama who has been in a self-imposed exile in South Africa.
Khama has been accused of having weapons of war and he has had a back and forth with the DIS before he left for SA for an indefinite period. It is not the first time the investigations have extended to Khama's family members as sometime back Anthony had to fight off the DIS who raided his farm, confiscating his personal laptops. The unit reportedly believes some of the weapons might be hidden at his family members' properties. But as it stands no charges have been laid against the trio.
Meanwhile at the time of going to press there was not much from the trio as they had reportedly not yet consulted with their lawyers. The source told this publication that by the look of things they wanted to meet with their families first and get some rest before engaging with their attorneys.
The twins' brother, Khama posted on his Facebook page after their release stating that his brothers and sister-in-law were illegally detained and denied access to medicine and legal representation. "Due to the illegal nature of the aforementioned, the collapse of the rule of law on specific instructions, the process of suing is now being undertaken," he wrote following their release.
