Lebanese Man Swallows 220 Diamonds in Johannesburg-Dubai Smuggling Bid
South African police on Wednesday said they had caught a Lebanese man who swallowed 220 polished diamonds in an audacious bid to smuggle them from Johannesburg to Dubai.
Officers arrested the 25-year-old at Johannesburg's international airport carrying the gems, worth an estimated $2.3 million.
"We nabbed him just before he went through the security checkpoint," said Paul Ramaloko, spokesman of the South Africa elite police unit, the Hawks.
"We had to take him through the X-ray and take them out from his body," he told Agence France Presse.
South Africa is among the world's top producers of diamonds.
14 November 2012, 14:47
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Mabahdalen wherever we go, Usual We hear about Africans Swallowing Drugs or other items to past through airports , now Lebaneses does it,,, very nice...
15 November 2012, 19:13
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Typical Lebanese criminal energy that brings shame to all Lebanese I am ashamed for my people really what reputations do they make for us.
When you come to Europe and you say you are Lebanese all make one step back and check if they still have their walets. Why can we make head lines with some good stuff. Lebanes did something good. What you hear Lebanese where smugling something or robered bank or stole something.
People think before doing this stupid thinks.
