After being detained for 16 months by Saudi Arabian officials on suspicion of terrorism, T&T student Tariq Mohammed, 31, was freed and allowed to return home.
Mohammed, son of Trinidad Broadcasting Corporation 106.1 FM radio network host Shamoon Mohammed returned home on Thursday.
Mohammed, a final year student at the University of Medinah, was detained by Saudi national security officials on August 21, 2015 as he returned to that country after vacationing in T&T.
He was in the company of his wife, Saudah Ali and 16-month baby, Sulaimaan at the time. His wife and child were eventually allowed to return to their apartment.
A number of relatives including his father, his brother, sister-in-law and attorney, Nafeesa Mohammed went to the Piarco International Airport to welcome him home.
Emotions ran high when Mohammed walked out of the airport.
Relatives said his arrival into T&T was a smooth process and he was not kept back for any sort of questioning or interrogation.
As he left the airport, Mohammed's first stop was at the Mohammedville home of his grandmother, Ameeran, 89, who was shocked when he walked in.
"First I saw Shamoon walk into my bedroom and then after I saw this tall man walk in after and I wanted to know who is that coming in my bedroom only to realise that it was Tariq. He hugged me for long and he cried and I cried," Ameeran said.
"I am very happy to see him. No one told me he was coming on Thursday. I was expecting for him to come home since October but I didn't hear anything," she said.
Ameeran, however, admitted that she thought she would have never seen her grandson again.
"Saudi, those people over there don't bite easy and I really didn't think I would have ever seen him again but thanks to Allah he is back home. I am nothing else but happy to see him."
Throughout Tariq's detention in Saudi, Shamoon maintained his son's innocence saying that Tariq has diligently pursued his course of studies receiving good grades and has never left Saudi Arabia to go to any other Middle Eastern country during his stay there.
Shamoon also maintained that his son was not involved in any negative activities there and has been a law-abiding citizen throughout his life.