Arnold Schwarzenegger held at Munich airport after failing to declare expensive watch
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/17/europe/arnold-schwarzenegger-munich-airport-watch-intl/index.html
“He cooperated at every step even though it was an incompetent shakedown, a total comedy of errors that would make a very funny cop movie,”
This is why I worry to bring my collection to Germany...
3 comments
Sort by
Luigi
Overwhelmed by life, I paused for a while, and started a watch collection. Eventually I did resume what was left behind, but I still like dwelling on watches. It gives me some peace of mind.
Singapore
Member since
Last active: 4 hrs ago
6.77” / 17.20 cm
This is stupid af. I thought Germany is over these shakedown thing by now?
This is stupid af. I thought Germany is over these shakedown thing by now?
Of course, it is a civilised country ...but you can always find idiots anywhere unfortunately. I also had a bad experience at the airport n Germany but I do not remember whether it was in Frankfurt or in Munich ....oh, but maybe it was with that same guy of Arnold ahahah)...
Nah, they are still fairly thorough. I had my last run-in with the German border police last summer. It was almost comical. Even the Germans around me were amused. Customs has been a while, and my error was that I responded to those guys in German when flying in from JFK. They thought I had been on a shopping trip, and gave my suitcase the highly-detailed inspection.