‘Innocent’ parents face 30 years in jail for drug-smuggling after name tags put on cocaine-filled suitcases at airport | SK92R3Q | 2024-04-02 19:08:01
'Innocent' parents face 30 years in jail for drug-smuggling after name tags put on cocaine-filled suitcases at airport | SK92R3Q | 2024-04-02 19:08:01
Mother and father Ahmed Hasan and Malak Treki now resist 30 years in jail and should never see their two young sons grow up.
A COUPLE have been jailed in Turkey after airport "employees" put their luggage tags on suitcases containing 43kg of cocaine.
Mother and father Ahmed Hasan and Malak Treki now resist 30 years in jail and should never see their two young sons grow up.
On October 22, 2022, the couple and their youngsters took a direct flight to Turkey from São Paulo International Airport, where they checked in two strollers and 6 suitcases.
But tags taken from one of many strollers have been used four days afterward luggage containing 43kg cocaine, Brazil cops stated.
An investigation by Brazilian police revealed that Ahmed and Malak have been the victims of a world gang swapping luggage on the airport.
But Turkish authorities have insisted the couple need to remain in prison until a last trial in Might.
Dr Luna Provazio, the couple's solicitor in Brazil, informed The Sun how their youngsters – aged two and four – cry day by day asking for their mother and father.
She stated: "The state of affairs is completely tragic. Ahmed and Malak are in terrible well being and emotionally unwell.
"The 2 boys are being taken care of by their grandparents in Libya however they cry every single day asking the place their mother and father are.
"They do not know of what is occurring."
Businessman Ahmed, who holds Brazilian citizenship, had decided to move back to his native Libya after dwelling in Brazil for almost two years.
When the household landed in Turkey on October 23, 2022, they picked up their luggage as anticipated and made it to Libya.
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The tags allegedly taken from Ahmed and Malaks baggage[/caption]
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The 43kg of cocaine seized in Turkey[/caption]
CCTV exhibits the alleged scammers swapping tags on suitcases from another couple[/caption]
However virtually seven months later, on Might 19 last yr, Ahmed travelled to Turkey on a business trip – and was arrested upon landing.
It wasn't until the subsequent day – when he acquired a go to from a Turkish solicitor at a cell in the airport – that he came upon why he had been detained.
The 37-year-old beforehand informed Globo: "She [the solicitor] stated I used to be being accused of worldwide drug trafficking.
"I obtained scared, I virtually died, it was an enormous shock to me."
Ahmed was detained for someday and never allowed to go away Turkish territory until his first hearing on November 30 last yr in Istanbul.
However the worldwide drug trafficking charge additionally included his wife – who was in Libya with their two youngsters at the time.
She flew to Turkey after she was requested to additionally attend the listening to and each Ahmed and Malak have been held in prison ever since.
<!--googleoff: all--> <blockquote class="article__quote"> </blockquote> <!--googleon: all--> If convicted in Might, the couple resist 30 years in jail.
By then, their toddlers can be in their 20s.
Dr Provazio informed The Solar how Turkish authorities made a mistake by not immediately informing Brazilian cops of the cocaine-filled luggage.
She stated: "The Turkish police seized the luggage and decided to research what occurred.
"Nevertheless, they did not inform the Brazilian police. And that was the most important mistake.
"On the date the medicine arrived, Ahmed and Malak have been not in Istanbul.
"They have been dwelling their lives normally with out even understanding they have been being investigated."
It meant an necessary piece of proof was lost, she explained.
"If the Turkish police had notified the Brazilian authorities as soon as they found the suitcases, we might in all probability have CCTV photographs displaying the tags being swapped," Dr Provazio stated.
"That may have been immense proof of Ahmed and Malak's innocence.
"Unfortunately, Brazil's Federal Police not has the pictures from October 2022, as their back-up only lasts from 30 to 60 days.
"What's worse, Brazil spent seven months with out figuring out what happened to one in every of its residents."
Dr Provazio stated though there are not any photographs, cops in Brazil have been capable of conclude the couple have been innocent based mostly on different proof.
"For example, the tag utilized by the gang to ship cocaine was the tag the gang took from a part of their child stroller," she stated.
"The a part of the stroller weighed 5kg and the gang positioned that same label on a suitcase weighing 43kg. The numbers don't add up.
"The police additionally found traces that the label had been handled and was very poorly glued, not to point out that the suitcase didn't even go on the identical flight, however 4 days later."
<!--googleoff: all--> <blockquote class="article__quote"> </blockquote> <!--googleon: all--> Ahmed and Malak's trial now scheduled to happen in Might – and Dr Provazio hopes their nightmare shall be finally over by then.
"We have now nice evidence of innocence. There's no purpose for Turkish authorities to be so rigid like that," she stated.
"They weren't produced by legal professionals, but by the Federal Police.
" So we're calm and confident concerning the high quality of proof.
"We hope to offer more clarity to Turkey, which perhaps they don't seem to be so conscious of, that this crime has truly happened before – as bizarre as it might seem."
It comes as two Brazilian women also fell victim to the same cocaine suitcase scam.
Dr Provazio was also the solicitor for Jeanne Paolini and Katyna Baia, who embarked for a vacation in Germany but ended up imprisoned for 38 days last yr.
The couple have been arrested in Frankfurt on suspicion of international drug trafficking after cops found cocaine in suitcases labelled with their names.
Jeanne and Katyna have been solely released after photographs from Sao Paulo airport revealed the felony motion of "staff" who took care of transporting the bags to the aircraft.
Personal coach Katyna previously informed The Solar: "We have been responsible till confirmed innocent, and treated like convicted criminals from the start."
CCTV exhibits the alleged scammers swapping tags on other suitcases in a previous case[/caption]
The worldwide drug gang operated from the São Paulo Worldwide Airport[/caption]
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