So with his private jet from Brazil (where his wife comes from) he wanted to travel to the country where he lives (Switzerland), but instead he was briefly arrested. On the X-ray machine, Customs suddenly saw a very special appearance in his suitcase: a 32. caliber pistol.
Ecclestone was arrested and taken and he also admitted that the weapon was his. He is said to have said that he “didn’t know it was in his suitcase.” He also had no valid papers for possession of this weapon. By the way, this pistol had no ammunition and no magazine.
However, he was released on bail not much later and he was still able to fly to Switzerland. The British ex-top man of the royal class of Formula 1 is said to have “bought the gun from an F1 mechanic five years ago”.