Croatia soccer chief arrested in UK, then freed

British police briefly arrested Croatia's soccer chief Zorislav Srebric on suspicion of shoplifting at a London airport, but the Croatian Football Association said the incident was a misunderstanding.
"We released without charge a 67-year-old man who was arrested at Gatwick yesterday on suspicion of shoplifting. No further action will be taken," a Sussex Police spokesman said on Wednesday.
Srebric had gone to buy a newspaper while waiting for the team on the eve of Wednesday's European championship qualifier. When he saw the team arrive he went to assist them before paying, the Croatian Football Federation said in a statement.
"A London policeman thought he was trying to avoid paying for the newspaper, which is nonsense," said the statement, reported by Croatia's state news agency Hina.
"The situation got even more absurd as he was taken to a police station where the situation was clarified, but due to a lengthy procedure Srebric had to spend some time there, instead of just several minutes.
"According to Srebric, policemen behaved in a correct manner," the statement added.