( CNN ) -- Most of us have agreed to share a cab with a stranger while traveling , but we have n't wound up in jail as a result . That wrong-place-wrong-time nightmare scenario , however , is apparently what 's happened to Stacey Addison , an American veterinarian from Oregon , who has been traveling solo around the world since January 2013 . According to the Oregonian newspaper and Addison 's Facebook page , on September 5 , Addison traveled from Indonesia into Timor-Leste ( also known as East Timor ) and shared a cab from the border crossing at Batugade to the capital city of Dili . `` Along the way , another passenger asked to pick up a package at a DHL office , '' reports the Oregonian . `` Police , acting on a tip from Indonesian authorities , were watching and found methamphetamine in the parcel . `` Addison and everyone else in the cab were arrested . '' `` I was held in the Dili Detention Center for four nights then released after an initial hearing , '' Addison later posted on Facebook . `` The judge ordered that my passport be held until further investigations have been completed . '' `` ( Addison ) was conditionally released September 9 but was n't allowed to leave the country , '' according to the Oregonian . `` Prosecutors told her she was needed as a witness for an investigation that could take a year . '' Solitary confinement , hair chopped . After an October 29 court appearance , Addison was jailed again without explanation or warning , and spent five days in solitary confinement . It 's unclear when Addison will be released . The Oregonian reports that local U.S. consular officials have visited twice with Addison in prison and that U.S. State Department officials will meet with the Timorese ambassador on Friday . Addison 's mother , Bernadette Kero , has established a Facebook page PleaseHelpStacey . On November 1 , Kero posted the following update : . `` Yesterday I spoke with Josh at the U.S. Embassy in Dili after his visit with Stacey at Gleno prison . `` He said that conditions are basic but decent . ... She is in 'Induction ' period so alone for 5 days and her hair has been cut short per prison protocol . She will be moved to the Female Unit on Monday . `` He told me she was being strong . ... She ( said ) how difficult it was to be all alone in a small cell with nothing to do but worry all day . '' `` I am trying to keep busy and keep the anxiety at bay , but the uncertainty is always there , '' Addison posted on Facebook on October 19 , between her first and second incarcerations . `` This is n't how I had imagined I would be spending my time during the trip of a lifetime . I hope it is all over soon . ''
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