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Bernie Ecclestone arrested again for ‘carrying a gun’
Bernie Ecclestone has been arrested in Portugal on suspicion of illegally carrying a gun.
The former F1 CEO, 95, was reportedly arrested at Tires Aerodrome in Cascais, near Lisbon, for carrying a shotgun when he landed his private jet.
Airport police are understood to have made the arrest during a ‘routine operation’.
Portugal’s Airport Division of the Public Security Police (PSP) has not yet officially commented.
It is the second time in four years that he has been arrested. Ecclestone was previously detained in Sao Paolo, Brazil, for carrying a gun while boarding a private jet to Switzerland in 2022.
He admitted to carrying the gun but said he had been unaware it had been in his luggage.
This is a breaking news story and is being updated.
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