Arrests reportedly made after theft of equipment from England's World Cup team before opener

The English nationalist squad is still a fewer days distant from their World Cup opener, but it has already been an eventful tourney for them aft immoderate of their instrumentality was stolen while en way to nan team's training guidelines successful Kansas City.

The Three Lions commencement their tourney slate connected Wednesday successful Arlington, Texas, against Croatia, but their guidelines of operations for nan tourney will beryllium Kansas City's Swope Soccer Village.

According to nan BBC, nan scheme was to move instrumentality into spot earlier nan squad arrived connected Saturday; however, immoderate of nan vehicles moving that instrumentality were surgery into. The theft is believed to person happened astatine immoderate constituent connected its travel from Florida to Kansas City.

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England's Noni Madueke and Harry Kane train connected Saturday astatine Swope Soccer Village successful Kansas City. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP via Getty Images)

Police responded to nan theft connected Friday night, and while footwear was among nan items stolen, nary of nan missing instrumentality was considered basal for nan squad to play.

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"We are investigating a imaginable theft of instrumentality from a squad conveyance that arrived successful Kansas City pinch items missing this evening," a Kansas City Police spokesperson said. "The investigation is ongoing."

Well, nan investigation panned out, because nan instrumentality was yet recovered and 2 arrests person been made successful relationship pinch nan incident.

The English nationalist squad poses for a photograph earlier their last lucifer earlier nan World Cup connected June 10 astatine Inter&Co Stadium successful Orlando, FL. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

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England follows up their lucifer against Croatia successful Arlington pinch a lucifer successful Boston against Ghana connected June 23. They will past decorativeness up their group shape slate pinch a lucifer against Panama successful New Jersey.

The squad is expected to make it retired of nan group shape and perchance moreover triumph nan group.