Dolores
Aveiro, the mother of Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, was stopped
at Madrid’s Barajas airport last month and caught carrying an illegally
large amount of cash as she prepared to fly out of the country, the
newspaper El Mundo reported.
The
60-year-old Mrs Aveiro, who spends long periods of time with her
multimillionaire footballer son in his luxury mansion outside Madrid,
was held by border police at Barajas after it was found that she had
€55,000 (£40,000) in her hand luggage. Rules against money laundering
state that the maximum travellers are permitted to take out of Spain
without declaring the transfer is €10,000.
Mrs
Aveiro had not filled out a declaration form and, according to the
Spanish daily, was held by civil guard agents at the airport for a few
minutes while the excess amount of cash was confiscated. She was then
allowed to fly to Portugal with €10,000 in her handbag.
Mrs
Aveiro will now be fined at least €600 for the attempt to illegally
export cash. By paying the fine, she will be able to collect the
confiscated €45,000.
The
celebrity pages in Spanish newspapers have in the past week been showing
photographs of Ronaldo relaxing on board a yacht owned by British
retail tycoon Sir Philip Green. Having recently separated from the
Russian model Irina Shayk, Ronaldo has chosen to start his summer
holidays in the company of friends such as Miguel Paixao, an old comrade
from Sporting Lisbon’s junior ranks.
According
to Portuguese newspaper Correio de Manhã, Ronaldo and Shayk’s
relationship was damaged beyond repair last Christmas when they rowed
over the player’s mother.
The
couple were holidaying in Dubai, but the footballer wanted to travel to
his home island of Madeira to surprise Mrs Aveiro on her 60th birthday
on 31 December.
Shayk
reportedly refused to accompany Ronaldo and in January the former
Manchester United forward confirmed in a public statement that the
couple’s five-year relationship had come to an end.
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