Relatives of the two traveled to Germany. Kátyna’s sister, Lorena Baía shared photos showing the relatives reunited after the release. See photo below.
I don’t think I have words for today’s caption. My heart only has room for gratitude!, she wrote.
The defense of the Brazilians pointed out that the two were completely innocent in Germany. The country’s Public Prosecutor’s Office requested the dismissal of the case for international drug trafficking.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Brazilthe body and the Ministry of Justice and Public Security sent the evidence requested by the German Justice through international legal cooperation.
Who are the Brazilians?
Jeanne Paolini graduated in Biology from the Catholic University of Goiás and in Veterinary Medicine from the state’s federal university. She works with clinic and surgery in animals.
Kátyna Baía has a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and founded an academy in Goiânia. In addition to being at the forefront of the business, she provides consultancy for a personal trainer career and attracting sports sponsorships.
Both live in the capital of Goiás. On March 5, they left the city for Germany, with a stopover in São Paulono Guarulhos international airport. At the site, the bags of the Brazilian women were exchanged.
Understand the exchange of bags
After dispatched, luggage is taken to a restricted area. There, employees of outsourced companies removed the labels with passenger data and placed them in suitcases with drugs, preventing them from going through the x-ray.
Investigations point out that the women from Goiás would have been victims of a scheme involving employees of the Guarulhos Airport. Seven contractors from third-party companies were arrested.
According to the Federal Police, the Brazilian women were carrying luggage different from the ones seized by the German authorities, in which 40 kilos of cocaine were found.
The lawyer for the two, Luna Lara de Almeida, pointed out that two promptly claimed that they did not recognize the luggage, in an interview with BandNews FM radio on Monday (10).
“They handcuffed hand and foot [das brasileiras] and spoke in German, so they didn’t understand what was going on. They insisted that they speak in English, and said ‘you are being arrested for international drug trafficking, because your suitcase has cocaine’. They immediately recognized that it was not the bag they had checked in.”