Mir detained in Brazil for bullets in suit case, but released
Frank Mir was stopped by customs in Brazil, he could have been in a lot of trouble for the bullets found in his suit case, but luckily it all worked out.
Traveling internationally can be a daunting task, and stressful for fighters who just want to get to their destination and prepare for their fight. So when Frank Mir was stopped by customs in Brazil, he could have been in a lot of trouble for the bullets found in his suit case, but luckily it all worked out:
Mir doesn’t speak much Portuguese, and the officers didn’t speak much English, so it wasn’t exactly easy for him to explain the situation, which Globo first reported.
They asked him if he was a police officer. He said he was from Las Vegas and trained with firearms and made a simple mistake. Then they detained him.
The first guy, he kind of panicked a little bit (and said), ‘I’ve got to call the police,’ Mir said. He walked off. It kind of sucked because the manager of the area, she came over and we were explaining the whole situation, and she basically said, ‘Let’s forget this. It’s an understandable mistake.’ But then the other guy ran off with my passport. Firearms are illegal here in Brazil, so he stressed out a little bit.
The more Mir waited, the more his concern grew about what might happen next. So he called for help from the guy he knew could help, and would probably find out anyway whatever happened: UFC President Dana White.
They were being pretty casual with me, as far as I had access to my phone, Mir said. I was like, I’m not going to call the wife – what’s she going to do besides panic and freak out? I know where the buck’s eventually going to stop. Let me start out at the top of the food chain and let that sort it out. It will save me a bunch of phone calls.