Bernie Ecclestone, former F1 CEO, detained at a Portuguese airport for carrying a shotgun
The British businessman had already had problems at a Brazilian airfield in 2022, when he had to pay a fine for carrying a gun.
Bernie Ecclestone, the 95-year-old former Formula 1 CEO, was detained at Tires Airport in Portugal after police found a shotgun on his private plane for which he had no permit. He claimed to have brought the gun from Switzerland for pigeon hunting. Ecclestone was released hours later and told the Daily Mail that he was not carrying the required documents. This is not his first run-in with the law over carrying a firearm at an airport, having been fined in Brazil in 2022 for carrying a pistol.
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