Two individuals have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences after a group calling itself the “Kingdom of Kubala" was evicted from a forest near Jedburgh, close to the England-Scotland border.

The group, which had been camping in woodland since May, claims to represent a self-declared African tribe reclaiming land allegedly taken from their ancestors 400 years ago.

The trio includes Ghanaian national Kofi Offeh, 36, who styles himself as “King Atehene"; his wife Jean Gasho, 43, a US citizen who goes by “Queen Nandi"; and 21-year-old Kaura Taylor, referred to as “handmaiden Asnat".

The three were initially camping on private property but were served an eviction notice in August. They later moved to a neighbouring plot owned by the Scottish Borders Council by crossing a fence,

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