Portugal incident: Ecclestone stopped over shotgun

BBC Sport reported Bernie Ecclestone said officials stopped him in Portugal after he arrived with a shotgun intended for clay shooting.

BBC Sport reported Bernie Ecclestone said officials stopped him in Portugal after he arrived with a shotgun he intended to use in a clay pigeon shooting competition. Ecclestone is the former Formula 1 commercial chief.

Motorsport.com, citing Portuguese outlet Correio da Manha, reported Ecclestone was arrested over allegedly carrying the gun and said he was detained after his private jet landed at Tires Aerodrome in Cascais, near Lisbon. RaceFans also referred to an arrest in a brief report.

The supplied sources do not independently confirm the arrest details beyond those reports. The confirmed point across the source set is that Ecclestone said he was stopped after arriving in Portugal with the shotgun.