{"id":375566,"date":"2026-07-16T15:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375566\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T15:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:28:30","slug":"dozens-arrested-during-north-texas-fifa-world-cup-matches-police-confirm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375566\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens arrested during North Texas FIFA World Cup matches, police confirm"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the nine FIFA matches in Arlington, law enforcement arrested people for public intoxication, possession of drug paraphernalia and trademark counterfeiting. <\/p>\n

ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 The Arlington Police Department made 51 arrests at \u201cDallas Stadium\u201d across all North Texas FIFA matches<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The FBI also seized some 96 drones<\/a> that violated temporary flight restrictions around the stadium between June 11 and July 14.<\/p>\n

During the June 14 Netherlands-Japan match, Arlington PD arrested three people, all Texas residents. Those included:<\/p>\n


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1 arrest for criminal trespass1 arrest for public intoxication1 arrest for trademark counterfeiting >$2,500<$30k <\/p>\n

Arlington PD arrested six people during the England-Croatia matchup. Those included:<\/p>\n

1 suspect arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance PG1 < 1G1 suspect arrested and charged with delivery of a controlled substance, PG 1 < 1G, and evading arrest\/detention1 arrested for trademark counterfeiting >=$2,500 < $30,0001 arrested for public intoxication1 arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia1 arrested for criminal trespass <\/p>\n

During the Argentina-Austria match on June 22, Arlington police made nine arrests. Those included:<\/p>\n

4 arrests for criminal trespass3 arrests for liquor law violations (these were individuals who were attempting to sell alcoholic beverages out of coolers without the proper licenses)1 arrest for trademark counterfeiting >= $2,500 < $30,0001 arrest for possession of marijuana <\/p>\n

Arlington police had a slower day during the June 25 Sweden-Japan matchup when they arrested one person for public intoxication.<\/p>\n

When Argentina took on Jordan on June 27, Arlington PD arrested seven people on a number of charges. Those include:<\/p>\n

3 arrests for criminal trespass1 arrest for liquor law violations1 arrest for assault family violence1 arrest for assault1 arrest for public intoxication <\/p>\n

Arlington officers arrested four people on June 30 while Ivory Coast was facing Norway. Those arrests included:<\/p>\n

2 arrests for solicitation – scalping1 arrest for public intoxication1 arrest for an out-of-state parole violation warrant <\/p>\n

As Australia took on Egypt on July 3, Arlington police made three arrests. Those included:<\/p>\n

1 arrest for solicitation \u2013 scalping1 arrest for possession of fireworks1 arrest for criminal trespass <\/p>\n

During the Spain-Portugal match on July 6, Arlington PD officers made 13 arrests, the most across all of the North Texas FIFA games. Those included:<\/p>\n

4 arrests for trademark counterfeiting8 arrests for criminal trespass1 arrest for public intoxication <\/p>\n

On July 14, the last day of North Texas FIFA matches, Arlington PD made several arrests as France faced Spain. Those included:<\/p>\n

1 arrest for solicitation \u2013 scalping1 arrest for possession of marijuana\/drug paraphernalia1 arrest for criminal trespass1 arrest for assault1 arrest for public intoxication1 arrest of an individual who had multiple outstanding warrants from other Texas jurisdictions (DWI and traffic offenses) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During the nine FIFA matches in Arlington, law enforcement arrested people for public intoxication, possession of drug paraphernalia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-375566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}