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A footballer recounted the horrific joy of having his car keys stolen at an initial start to the FA Cup in Bristol, and then discovering that his BMW had disappeared.
Newent Town AFC player Zachary Blood, 31, had just lost 3-1 to Cribbs FC when he learned that his car keys for his 2018 BMW M Sport were missing from his bag in the on-air team locker room. free last night. Tuesday, September 1.
Items were also missing in the affairs of his team members on the club grounds in Patchway, which included a sentimental Louis Vuitton men’s purse and a hundred euros in money from his assistant manager.
Since then, Avon and Somerset Police have seized a vehicle matching Mr. Blood’s description in Bristol’s Cribbs Causeway.
Newent Town AFC said on Twitter: “Gutted by tonight’s result, even more gutted because the boys lost their belongings in our @CribbsFC locker room, adding and car keys, etc.”
Mr. Blood, who works as a planner and planner, said: “At first you think you’re out of place and I checked the coach.Then I went to the bar and asked if anyone had gone over valuables.
Rob Hetherington, manager of cribbs FC Sports Club, said: “These guys who lost things, surely there was nothing we could do.We can’t claim our insurance because they’ll say we have disclaimers that say they’re not guilty and that they can” t claim the insurance.
“So I tell you you have to bring the police here and make a list of everything that’s gone.That’s all they can do and report it to the police.”
Blood reported the incident to Avon and Somerset police and returned home aboard the club’s coach for Newent, about 50 minutes away.
However, before he returned, his parents called him to tell him that his BMW was not in the Newent Town AFC car park and that the doors had been forced.
Blood, who is in Worcester, had to report the new robbery to gloucestershire police.
Mr. Blood became even more involved because the keys to his space were also connected to the car keys and he thought thieves might break into his house.
The 31-year-old said: “I slept on the couch last night and my friend slept upstairs.I closed the front and back door with weights and stuff like that.I left a soft ignition. The paintings had been smart to give away.”today I have a day off.”
Blood said he won a call around 5:30 a.m.Avon and Somerset police informing him that a description matching his description had been seized.
A police spokesman said: “We were called around 22:20 last night (Tuesday, September 1) about a set of car keys for a black BMW stolen from Henbury Sports Box conversion rooms before night.”
“The vehicle had been left in gloucestershire’s Newent domain, however, a BMW with this description and a white Transit van were through a member of the public in the Cribbs Causeway domain at approximately 12:20 this morning.
Then officials approached and decided that the car had been stolen.
“Two men, the elderly of 17 and 37, were arrested on suspicion of stealing a motor vehicle.They’re in police custody.” Investigations continue.”
Blood says his car has still been returned to him as forensic investigations were ongoing.
Police have asked with theft details to tap them on their online page or call 101 and provide reference number 5220198458.