Police investigating theft of England’s training equipment after arriving at Kansas City training base
The incident occurred while equipment was being transferred from England's pre-tournament base in Florida to the Swope Soccer Village
Police are investigating the theft of team equipment as England arrived at their Kansas City training base, the Football Association has confirmed.
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Thomas Tuchel’s side will land in the Midwest on Saturday afternoon as World Cup preparations go up a notch following a warm-weather camp in Florida.
The theft is understood to have taken place at a time when the team's equipment was being transported from the squad’s pre-tournament base in Florida, to their Kansas training base, located at Swope Soccer Village in Missouri.
England are set to arrive in Missouri later today, with boots and balls reported stolen early on Saturday.
Boots belonging to England’s top stars are understood to be among the stolen items, with tournament balls and training equipment also taken by thieves.
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"We are investigating a possible theft of equipment from a team vehicle that arrived in Kansas City with items missing this evening," Kansas City Police Department confirmed on Saturday.
"The investigation is ongoing. Two subjects of interest were taken into custody pending further investigation."
Following an initial probe on Saturday, the Kansas City Police Department, who is investigating the incident, confirmed on Saturday that two suspects had been apprehended.
A statement read: “Two subjects of interest were taken into custody pending further investigation.”
England are due to train at Swope Soccer Village for the first time at 5pm local (11pm UK) on Saturday.
Tuchel’s men open their World Cup campaign against Croatia on Wednesday, before completing Group L against Ghana and Panama.
It comes as England are set to face Croatia in their opening Group L game on Wednesday.
Tuchel's side will meet the Croatians in Dallas, the first of what Tuchel hopes will be multiple wins as part of their World Cup campaign.