2024-01-17 20:02:00

(CNN) — Arnold Schwarzenegger will face criminal tax proceedings following failing to declare an item upon arrival in Germany, a Munich Customs press officer told CNN on Wednesday.

“You did not declare a product. A product that was imported from non-EU countries to remain in the EU. And this process applies to everyone,” said Thomas Meister.

Meister said the former California governor and movie star was released and continued his journey following being held for more than two hours.

“Arnold was detained today for three hours at Munich airport for traveling with a watch he owned, which might be auctioned tomorrow at his charity auction in Kitzbühel (Austria),” a source close to the actor told CNN.

The source indicated that the item in question was a watch from the Swiss luxury brand Audemars Piguet.

Schwarzenegger was never asked to fill out a declaration form and answered “all of the customs officials’ questions honestly,” the source said.

“He cooperated every step of the way, despite it being a clumsy quest, a total comedy of errors that might make a very funny crime movie,” the source said.

The actor agreed to pay any taxes on the watch in advance and the agents had a credit card terminal not working for an hour, until they gave up and took him to a bank and asked him to withdraw cash from an ATM. to pay, depending on the source.

The ATM they took him to had a limit too low and the bank was closed. When he returned, a new agent brought a new terminal that worked with his card, according to the source.

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