Arnold Schwarzenegger details at airport for wearing expensive watch
By Tunde
@ogbenishyna (2956)
January 18, 2024 5:11am CST
Arnold was detained for 3 hours in Germany airport for wearing an expensive watch that authorities believe he wants to sell at auction in the country. Does this make sense or is it a protocol they must follow even if Arnold has no intention of selling the watch?
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@yukimori (10144)
• United States
18 Jan
That particular watch actually was scheduled to be auctioned for charity while he's in the country. The issue wasn't that he was wearing it, it was that he failed to declare it when going through customs.
It sounds like there were some issues with processing his payment for the taxes they needed to collect and that's why the thing took a few hours... probably would have been a lot faster if the first credit card machine had been working and he hadn't had to try withdrawing money from an ATM and dealing with banks being closed at the time he came through customs.
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@mildredtabitha (16047)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Jan
It doesn't make sense because it is just a watch.
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@mildredtabitha (16047)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Jan
@LadyDuck what a law! I didn't know about that law especially at the airport.
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@LadyDuck (458583)
• Switzerland
18 Jan
@mildredtabitha NO matter where you enter a country in Europe you must declare values over $ 10.000 if you intend to sell them. If you won them and you keep them, it is not necessary to declare. It is anyway wiser to declare to avoid problems when you exit the country.
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