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João Loureiro said that at the time of the police operation that culminated in the seizure of the drug and that took place in Salvador, he was in São Paulo.
The former president of Boavista João Loureiro told Lusa today that he was going to return from Brazil to Portugal on the plane where 500 kilos of cocaine were seized, but he resigned before this seizure, “oblivious” to the situation.
“I was going to return to Portugal on that flight [onde foi apreendida a droga] along with several other passengers, but had already given up doing it “before the issue was discussed, the lawyer said, in a written message to Lusa.
João Loureiro said that at the time of the police operation that culminated in the seizure of the drug and that took place in Salvador, he was in São Paulo.
“And I think maybe it was due to my request for a rigorous inspection of the plane,” he said.
On February 10, the Brazilian Federal Police seized half a ton of cocaine destined for Portugal hidden in a private plane, after an inspection that agents of that police force made of the aircraft, parked on the runway of the Salvador International Airport. .
The former president of Boavista Futebol Clube, after saying that he was “completely unaware” of what happened, stressed that he proposed “to speak on his own” to speak with the Brazilian authorities as a witness, before returning to Portugal.
This situation “took a little longer” due to the various Carnival festivals in that country.
João Loureiro confessed to being “calm” from then until now and, out of respect for the Brazilian authorities and the secrecy of the process, he will stop making public statements.
“I also take this opportunity to deeply thank the many messages of solidarity that have come from Portugal,” he concluded.
Two days after drug apprehension, the administration of the Portuguese company OMNI Aviação e Tecnologia explained, in a statement sent to Portugal, that I have been hired to do an executive job, departed from Portugal and destined for Brazil and, subsequently, returned to Portugal little days after.
The passengers on board were a Portuguese and Spanish citizen and the crew, composed of three people.
In the press release, the company also clarified that the information it had was that the passengers were traveling for professional reasons, the flight being on January 27, after initially scheduled for 26.
“It so happens that, when the flight left Cascais, there was still no information / publication of Dispatch No. 1125-D / 2021, of January 27, by which the flights to and from Brazil were suspended (from 00:00 on the day January 29 ”, he reported.
Reason why the roundtrip flight was authorized, he emphasized.
Subsequently, and with knowledge of the order that questioned the authorization for the return flight on February 1, OMNI Aviação was notified to make a new authorization request, but as a “repatriation flight”.
However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MNE) rejected this request on February 8, the day before the drug was seized, because the flight did not meet the requirements for a “repatriation flight,” the company clarified.
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