dili, east timor (cnn)stacey addison, who says she was detained for months in east timor because she unwittingly shared a taxi with a stranger carrying methamphetamine, is headed home addison boarded a plane tuesday on the first leg of her journey back to oregon 'i am thrilled to report that dr stacey addison has gotten her passport back, and is now on a plane returning home here to oregon,' sen jeff merkley (d oregon) said 'this is terrific news for stacey, for her family, and for all the oregonians who have followed stacey's story and helped support her from afar,' merkley said in a statement addison, 41, was detained in september in the small southeast asian nation in a drug case in which she says she's innocent she was released in december but she still couldn't leave because her passportseized during the investigationhad not been returned former east timorese president and nobel peace prize laureate jose ramos horta, hosted her temporarily at his home addison's arrest in september was an unexpected bump in what had been a multi year trip around the world she said she had been traveling solo since january 2013, having quit her job as a veterinarian to explore the globe on september 5, she was sharing a cab from near the indonesian border to the east timor capital of dili on the way, a fellow passenger asked to stop to pick up a package at a dhl office, her mother, bernadette kero of oregon, has told cnn after the man picked up the package, police surrounded the car and arrested the occupants, according to kero the package was found to contain methamphetamine, addison has said she initially was held for four nights, and a judge released herbut prevented her from leaving the country while the case was still being investigatedafter the man testified that he didn't know her, kero said in late october, during a court appearance where she thought she'd retrieve her passport, a judge ordered her arrest again and sent her to gleno prison outside dili paul remedios, a lawyer representing addison, said at the time that the court detained her again because there was a warrant for her arrest, and that the reason for the warrant was unclear kero told cnn in november that the case was a 'nightmare' journalist wayne lovell in dili and cnn's greg morrison from atlanta cnn's kristina sgueglia in new york and jason hanna in atlanta also contributed
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stacey addison was detained by police in september during a taxi journey  she says another passenger in the cab picked up a package containing drugs  addison was on a nearly two year trip around the world 