Former F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone Arrested for Carrying Shotgun at Airport
Police detained the former Formula 1 boss after finding a shotgun without import documents, and his wife later surrendered the weapon in Lisbon, officials said.
- 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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This is not the first time Bernie Ecclestone, now 95, has been in such a situation: in 2022, he escaped a similar incident in Brazil with a fine.
Even in old age Bernie Ecclestone is still a lot on the road. On a trip to Portugal, however, the former Formula 1 boss came into conflict with the law. For the delicate finding in his luggage, he had a conclusive explanation.
The former Formula One leader landed at an airfield near Lisbon on his private plane and was held for several hours after authorities found the weapon without the necessary documentation.
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 […]
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