Stallone says airport detention is misunderstanding

Actor Sylvester Stallone dismissed the confiscation of contraband from his party’s luggage at Sydney Airport as a mistake today.

“That was just a misunderstanding,” Stallone told reporters at the Sydney premier of the latest in his series of six boxing movies, Rocky Balboa.

Stallone was detained late last night at Sydney Airport.

Australian Customs Service national investigations manager Richard Janeczko did not say what the items were or whose luggage among Stallone’s party they were found in during a routine screening.

“As a result of having their luggage x-rayed, a number of prohibited items were seized by customs,” Janeczko told Ten Network television news.

“Our investigations are continuing,” he added, without elaborating.