JAKARTA - Senior actor and former governor of the State of California, United States Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained by the airport authorities of Munich, Germany due to the watches he brought.
This was experienced by Arnold on Wednesday, January 17, when he was judged not to inform him of the luxury watches he was carrying.
"He did not inform a product. Products imported from non-EU countries should remain in the EU. And this process applies to everyone," said press officer Thomas Meister, quoted by CNN on January 25.
Meister said Arnold was released and was able to continue his trip to Austria, after being detained for more than two hours.
"Arnold has been detained for three hours today at Munich Airport for traveling with his watch, which may be auctioned off for charity tomorrow in Kitzbuhel (in Austria)," said a source close to him, referring to the auction to be conducted the next day.
The source said the goods in question were watches from the Swiss luxury brand Audemars Piguet. Launching Travel and Leisure, the watch is estimated to be worth 30 thousand US dollars or around Rp. 467 million.
The airport customs said the tax on the watch should have been paid before it arrived in EU territory.
The source said Arnold was never asked to fill out a statement form, and honestly answered every question asked by the airport customs.
"He worked together at every step even though it was an incompetent search," the source said.
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Interestingly, although he was finally 'freed' after paying a fine of around US$ 38,000 or around Rp. 592 million, the process was hampered, citing Time from local media reports.
He said, when he was about to pay with a credit card, the officer's machine had problems for about an hour. Then, the officer directed him to withdraw cash from the bank for payment of the fine.
Unfortunately, the ATM was also unable to help, before an officer brought a new credit card reader machine and finally the payment could be made.
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