Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone was arrested in Brazil for having a gun while boarding a plane, police said Thursday. (More Sports News)
He was released on bail and Brazilian medi൲a reported that he took a private jet shortly later to Switzerland.
Sao Paulo state’s public security secretariat said in a statement that “an 89-year-old businessman was detained after federal policemen found 🌼a gun in his luggage on Wꦿednesday around 9:30 p.m. in the X-ray area of the Viracopos airport in Campinas.”
Police described the weapon as an unloaded 0.32 LW Seecamp pistol, which was seized. Ecclestone, who conf🐻irmed to police the gun was his, was released after paying 6,060 Brazilian reals ($1,240).
The former Formu🦂la One executive, who left the series in 2017, has family in Brazil and is a frequent visitor to the South American nation.
