A man was accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from a Tiffany & Co. store in Orlando and swallowing the evidence.

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.

A man is accused of forcibly stealing two pairs of diamond earrings worth nearly $770,000 from an Tiffany & Co. store in central Florida and swallowing the jewelry when state troopers pulled him over.

A Florida man is under arrest after apparently trying to swallow stolen jewelry worth more than a $750,000. Officers in Orlando responded to the Tiffany & Co. store last week on a robbery call. According to an affidavit,

Jaythan Gilder, 32, is accused of posing as a representative of an Orlando Magic player before he swiped two pairs of earrings worth $769,500 from a Tiffany & Co. in Orlando, police said.

A man pretending to represent a professional basketball player allegedly swallowed hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of stolen Tiffany jewelry, according to court documents.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers reported arresting a Texas man wanted in Orlando after he swallowed four stolen diamonds valued at nearly $770,000.

A suspected thief swallowed US$770,000 (S$1 million) worth of diamond earrings that US police said he swiped off a Tiffany’s store in Florida. The theft happened on Feb 26 at the Mall at Millenia in Orlando, reported US news outlet NBC News.

Police made an unconventional discovery of nearly $1 million worth of stolen diamond Tiffany & Co. inside of a man's stomach.