'Smuggler' swallows 220 diamonds in SA
November 15, 2012  06:56

BBC: South African police have arrested a man who they say swallowed 220 polished diamonds in an attempt to smuggle them out of the country.

 

The man was arrested as he waited to board a plane at Johannesburg airport. Officials said a scan of his body revealed the diamonds he had ingested, worth $2.3m (1.4m; 1.8m euros), inside.

 

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