Arnold Schwarzenegger: US media mocks customs incident in Munich

Arnold Schwarzenegger
US media mocks customs incident in Munich

On Wednesday the time had come: world action star Arnold Schwarzenegger (76) found his ultimate opponent at Munich Airport – German customs. What sounds strange was probably rather annoying for the popular Hollywood star. Ultimately, he was held there around a charity clock for three hours due to a customs violation. His environmental foundation and US media such as “TMZ” are now making fun of the incident and the German authorities.

Luxury watch should be auctioned

As “Conan the Barbarian” or “Terminator”: In his films, “Arnie”, as fans call him, usually defies all odds. On Wednesday, the Austrian world star made his way from Los Angeles to Kitzbühel with the best of intentions. In his luggage, Schwarzenegger had a luxury watch from the Swiss luxury brand Audemars Piguet that cost around 20,000 euros. He wanted to sell these for a good cause at an auction organized by his own environmental foundation “Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative” on Thursday.

But Schwarzenegger had not taken into account that items that have a value of over 10,000 euros and are imported into the EU from abroad must be cleared through customs. During a routine inspection, the German customs officials came across the valuable watch. They demanded customs duties amounting to several thousand euros from Schwarzenegger. He should pay this immediately, rather he should not leave the place.

“Arnie” and the striking automatons

What then happened in the customs area of ​​Munich Airport is described a source from the US celebrity magazine “People” said“The officers tried using a credit card reader for an hour. But it didn’t work. They gave up and took Arnold to a bank. There they asked him to withdraw cash from an ATM to pay,” said the source. However, “The ATM they took him to had a limit too low and the bank was closed. When he returned, a new officer brought a new credit card machine that worked.”

“I’m not going anywhere with you.”

In their online video show “TMZ Live,” the moderators mock the supposedly exaggerated German sense of duty: “If I were Arnold, I would have asked myself: ‘What’s going on here?’ At the latest when they wanted to take him to a working ATM to withdraw money, I would have said: ‘I’ll stay here. And you make sure the machine works. I’m not going anywhere with you.” Another “TMZ” society reporter even accuses that his “Germanic friends” from German customs “played a bad hand” to the Austrian Schwarzenegger here.

“Total comedy”

In a press statement, a spokeswoman for Schwarzenegger’s Climate Foundation emphasized that he had “cooperated at all times.” However, she calls the actions of German customs “an incompetent investigation” and “a total comedy full of errors that would make a very funny police film.” And the initiative follows up: “We hope Germany invests as much energy in restructuring its economy and making it more ecological as it does in raising tariffs on people’s property.” According to the foundation, Schwarzenegger arrived safely at the destination and auction location. Will he go through Munich customs again on the return flight according to the motto “I’ll be back”?

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