No 2 most wanted: Florida police face wait as man swallows diamond earrings
Tiffany jewelry worth $770,000 allegedly gulped during arrest ‘will need to be collected … after they are passed’
A suspected thief gulped down two pairs of diamond earrings during his arrest on the side of a Florida Panhandle highway last week, detectives say, leaving them with the unenviable task of waiting to “collect” the Tiffany & Co jewelry worth nearly $770,000.
An X-ray of the suspect’s torso showed what the Orlando police department believed to be the diamond earrings – a white mass shining brightly against the grey backdrop of his digestive tract.
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