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Police: It was a jewel of a smuggling attempt


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Police: It was a jewel of a smuggling attempt

Sri Lankan man accused of swallowing 2,060 diamonds packed in condoms

msnbc.com msnbc.com

updated 10/28/2010 2:35:09 PM ET

 

...Mohammed Shakif, 43, of Galle, Sri Lanka, is accused of attempting to smuggle 2,060 diamonds worth up to about $670,000 through Chennai airport. He was intercepted by suburban police acting on a tip Tuesday, BNO News Service reported.

 

Shakif was taken to the police station and later to a hospital where an X-ray of his stomach was taken. Shakif then confessed that he had been hired to smuggle the stones....

 

 

In order to "get them out" they fed him bananas! :blink:

 

He said he was going to use the money to buy a condomminium.

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