The Real Madrid star is said to
have been stopped at high sea after leaving a restaurant on the paradise
island of Formentera near Ibiza. Officials are believed to have
boarded the yacht on Tuesday afternoon.
Ronaldo, 32, was reportedly on the
yacht with girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez and friends and family when
the officials approached the vessel on a large boat.
The routine inspection is said to have lasted around an hour and a half.
Spanish society magazine Hola,
which broke the news on Wednesday, published pictures on its website of
three officials boarding the yacht.
Hola reported, “A Customs camera filmed everything that happened during the inspection.
“One of Cristiano’s relatives was
the person who dealt with the administrative work and showed them the
documentation they asked for.
“Ronaldo stayed very calm and at no time did he get up to speak to the officials or ask about what was happening.
“He was with his girlfriend Georgina and his mother Dolores Aveiro, who he was seen chatting with inside the yacht.”
The footballer and his entourage were understood to be on their way back to Ibiza when they were stopped.
The inspection is believed to have
formed part of routine checks performed on vessels in the area, related
to the paperwork on board to make sure the correct taxes have been
paid.
The Customs agents are understood
to have left after discovering everything on board Cristiano’s yacht,
named as AYa London, was in order.
Spanish Tax Agency officials are not expected to make any official comment.
A source quoted by leading Spanish
daily El Mundo described the inspection as “a routine control on
vessels of the type that are carried out every summer in the Balearic
Islands”.
Customs agents are understood to
have made their unexpected appearance just off the Formentera shoreline
as Cristiano returned from a restaurant with his mother, girlfriend and
children including his new surrogate twins Eva and Mateo.
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