Arnold Schwarzenegger Detained at Airport Over Luxury Watch

January 18, 2024 @ 9:26 AM

Arnold Schwarzenegger was held by German customizeds authorities for hours at Munich Airport Wednesday due to an expensive watch he lugged that was possibly up for public auction.

The Associated Press reported that the “Terminator” celebrity was detained for around 2 1/2 hours after a regular check as soon as he showed up at the airport. The German paper Bild initially reported the case.

The European Union needs that products worth greater than 430 euros, or $467, that will certainly remain in the nation need to be stated and have actually task paid on them.

Bild reported that Schwarzenegger asserted the supposedly undeclared customized watch crafted by Swiss maker Audemars Piguet deserved concerning 20,000 euros, or $21,739.

Schwarzenegger Environment Campaign informed the AP that the previous The golden state guv was detained “for traveling with a watch he owns, that he might be auctioning at his charity auction,” in bordering Austria.

The charity, which arranges the yearly Austrian Globe Top, is organizing “Auction for a clean future,” in Kitzbuhel on Thursday to increase funds for its after-school programs for youngsters throughout the united state and ecological job all over the world. Amongst the whole lots are a training session with Schwarzenegger, VIP tickets for a Genuine Madrid video game and artworks and authorized ornaments from the globes of sporting activities and movie.

The emailed declaration from the Schwarzenegger Environment Campaign claimed the 76-year-old symbol “cooperated at every step even though it was an incompetent shakedown” which he accepted “prepay potential taxes on the watch (remember, it is his personal watch).”

It claimed that the watch was still most likely to be auctioned and the environment campaign which he “will properly report it, as all of Arnold’s nonprofits do.”

A customizeds charge body in Augsburg will certainly examine the situation, The AP reported.