Former F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone Arrested for Carrying Shotgun at Airport
Ecclestone said he brought the shotgun for clay-pigeon shooting but lacked the required import papers, and police questioned him for about an hour.
- Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone was arrested on Monday at Tires Aerodrome in Cascais, Portugal, after police discovered a shotgun during a "routine operation" at his private jet.
- The 95-year-old businessman admitted to carrying the firearm but claimed he was unaware it was in his luggage after flying from Switzerland.
- This marks the second time in four years Ecclestone has faced airport gun allegations; he was detained in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2022 for carrying a firearm.
- The British magnate was convicted of tax fraud at Southwark Crown Court in October 2023, agreeing to pay HMRC over £650 million with a 17-month suspended sentence.
- Ecclestone dismissed the arrest as a "silly, tiny little incident," recalling his tenure founding the Formula One Group in 1987 and controlling it until 2017.
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Former head of Formula 1, 95, admitted that he had moved the gun from Switzerland to practice shooting in the palm tree; in 2022 he starred in a similar episode in Brazil with a gun
Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone was found to have illegally carried a shotgun into an airport where he had landed on a private jet, the Daily Mail reports.
Bernie Ecclestone Detained Again With Shotgun at Airport
Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone landed in fresh legal trouble after police at a Portuguese airfield found a shotgun in his bag without proper documentation, the second time in four years the 95-year-old has been caught carrying a firearm at an airport. Officers from the Airport Division of Portugal's Public Security Police stopped Ecclestone […]
Former head of Formula 1, Bernie Ecclestone (95 years old), was arrested at an airport in Portugal, being found in possession of a hunting weapon. Britain intended to use it in a shooting competition, reports News.ro.
Bernie Ecclestone is not exactly known for going unnoticed. Former Formula 1 chief has been arrested at Tires airport (Portugal), as he was carrying a shotgun without a license. The event is especially striking, but it is not the first time, as it also happened to him in 2022, where he ... Continue reading "The surrealist arrest of Bernie Ecclestone in Portugal: he was carrying a shotgun at the airport"
Formula One ex-Supremo Bernie Ecclestone has been arrested in Portugal on charges of illegal arms trafficking, Globo news web portal reported
The incident took place near Lisbon. After exiting his private jet, the 95-year-old British national was found to be carrying a gun.According to Globo, it's not clear yet whether Ecclestone was officially charged with anything.Ecclestone was the...
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