American traveler Stacey Addison says she was detained for months in East Timor because she unwittingly shared a taxi with a stranger carrying methamphetamine. Now she's out of jail -- and a guest of a former East Timor leader. Addison, 41, of Oregon, was released from an East Timor prison Thursday, nearly four months after her initial arrest in the small Southeast Asian nation in a drug case in which she says she's innocent. Addison appeared before reporters Thursday at the home of former East Timorese President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, who says he'll host her temporarily at his home.
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Stacey Addison was detained by police in September during a taxi journey
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She says another passenger in the cab picked up a package containing drugs
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Addison was on a nearly two-year trip around the world
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She is awaiting return of her passport so she can go back to the United States
Jose Ramos-Horta
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Oregon
"Of course we are now hoping that her passport will be returned and she will be able to return home to @placeholder very soon.