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 BBC reports that 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 $2.3million, inside.
The man was reportedly of Lebanese origin and was travelling
to Dubai.
"We nabbed him just before he went through the security
checkpoint," Paul Ramaloko, spokesman of the South Africa elite police
unit the Hawks said.
Authorities believe the man belongs to a smuggling ring.
Another man was arrested in March also attempting to smuggle diamonds out the
country in a similar way.
South Africa is among the world's top producers of diamonds.
Culled from BBC
He was so unlucky . Wish him luck next time. Lol
ReplyDelete220 polished diamonds. Is guess he's kinda crazy to do that .
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