Share to ClassroomEcclestone Gives Gun to Police
Bernie Ecclestone is 95 years old. He was the boss of Formula One racing for almost 40 years. He flew from Switzerland to an airport near Lisbon in Portugal. He had a shotgun with him for a shooting competition. Police and border officers stopped him. He did not have the right papers for the gun. So he had to give it to them.
Ecclestone says he took the same gun from England to Switzerland with no problem. The officers asked for a special paper called a "blue book". He says he never travels with papers like that. Some news reports said the police arrested him. Ecclestone says this is not true.
His wife went to Lisbon to give up the gun or pay the tax. In 2022, police in Brazil arrested him for carrying a gun illegally.
