With Photos... Ronaldinho out of jail and granted house arrest in Paraguay

Former Brazilian football star Ronaldinho was granted house arrest in Paraguay after allegedly entering the country with false documents.

Along with his brother Robert, the Paraguayan National Police arrested the former Barcelona striker on 4 March.

The Prosecutor's Office said that officials had found various documents, including ID cards and Paraguay passports, in the names of the men.

The two men, who were being held in a prison in Asuncion, appeared in court via video conference on Tuesday.

Judge Gustavo Amarilla announced the verdict, explaining that each man paid a bond of $ 800,000.

The two men will remain in a hotel in the Paraguayan capital while they are still under investigation.

The verdict was broadcast live on by Paraguay media.

Authorities claimed that Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, also known as "Ronaldinho", was using original passports containing false content.

Prosecutors said in a statement posted on Facebook that the documents were found during the search in the sports star wing of the Yacht Hotel and Golf Club in Lampari, near the Paraguayan capital Asuncion.

Authorities said that in order to obtain a Paraguay passport, a person must live for a certain period of time in the country.

"Ronaldinho and his brother entered the country at 9.05 am on a commercial flight that landed at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport. They entered using an original Paraguay passport but it contained false information," Prosecutor Federico Delfino said in a Facebook post at the time. .

"We now know that these passport numbers belong to other people. They are real passports but with false details. It was issued in January 2020, and the ID cards, which were given to them on arrival, in December."

Paraguayan authorities believed that their Brazilian counterparts had taken away Brazilian brother's passports before due to financial problems - but they were told that in fact the documents were returned to them in October 2019.

The Paraguayan Public Prosecutor's Office told CNNE that Brazilian counterparts said that the two men left their country with real Brazilian passports.