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The two businessmen refer to the case of the private aircraft in which he found half a ton of drugs after a flight in which the OMNI company transported the former president of Boavista, João Loureiro, and a Spanish citizen, to Brazil.
Sports agents Hugo Cajuda and Bruno Carvalho dos Santos said today that they had never been on the plane in which the Brazilian authorities seized 500 kilos of cocaine, thus manifesting themselves “totally unaware” of the situation.
The two businessmen refer to the case of the private aircraft in which he found half a ton of drugs after a flight in which the OMNI company transported the former president of Boavista, João Loureiro, and a Spanish citizen, to Brazil.
The issue generated several reports that mentioned Hugo Cajuda and Bruno Carvalho Santos as involved in the case and described them as “whereabouts in part uncertain and unknown,” but the two businessmen now reject this version in a joint statement.
“First of all, we went to Brazil for business and we were always in contact, since the authorities will be able to easily demonstrate to various people our personal and professional relationships. Second, and most importantly, none of us has ever been inside that scope. airplane “, warranty.
The two businessmen admit, however, that the mention of their names may be due to the fact that, at a certain point, they considered returning to Portugal in that private plane, given the suspension in Brazil of commercial flights to Portugal, taking into account the epidemiological context from both countries. But they claim that the hypothesis did not come true.
“As sports intermediaries, we traveled on a commercial plane to Brazil to see the final of the Copa Libertadores de América, on January 30. We stay in Brazil after the match, to accompany clients and develop new business opportunities. Blockade of commercial flights, they offered us the possibility of returning to Portugal in the aforementioned private plane and with other people from the passenger list, such as SL Benfica player Lucas Veríssimo, but we never did ”, they explain.
Entrepreneurs also add: “Due to professional commitments that have arisen in the meantime, we have chosen to extend our stay in Brazil, developing sports mediation contacts on behalf of our clients. it refers and whose existence, origin or destination we do not know completely “.
The two agents point out that they only learned of the facts “from the news published in the media” and they say: “We are surprised and we regret that they did not contact us (?) To clarify and comment on what happened before involving our names in this situation.”
In the same statement, Hugo Cajuda and Bruno Carvalho dos Santos affirm that they were not contacted by the Brazilian authorities on the matter, but they say that they are “fully available to collaborate with the competent entities in everything that is useful and pertinent to rule out any implication. . [dos seus nomes] in the reported seizure of narcotics “.
Employers say they are willing to defend this position in court. “We calmly await the evolution of the facts, but we do not neglect to activate the legal mechanisms in a timely manner to defend our good name and social and professional reputation,” they conclude.
On February 10, the Brazilian Federal Police seized half a ton of cocaine destined for Portugal hidden in the aforementioned private plane, after an inspection that agents of this police force carried out on the aircraft, parked on the runway of the Salvador International Airport. .
Two days from the apprehension of the material, the administration of the Portuguese company OMNI -Aviação e Tecnologia explained, in a statement sent to Lusa, that she has been hired to work as an executive, departed from Portugal, bound for Brazil and subsequently returned, few days after.
The passenger list of that plane included João Loureiro, former president of Boavista, who has already declared himself “completely oblivious” to the situation of the 500 kilos of cocaine.
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