The
32-year-old Chinese man had asked the stall owner for a close inspection of the
diamond on the opening day of Facets Sri Lanka, an annual exhibition in the
capital Colombo.
"He
had taken the diamond out of a display cabinet and appeared to be appraising it
and suddenly put it in his mouth," a police officer at the scene who declined
to be named told AFP.
"The
owner saw this and alerted us," he said, adding that the man was arrested
and taken to Colombo National Hospital to be given laxatives.
Police
said the stall owner valued the missing diamond at 1.8 million rupees
($13,800).
Sri
Lanka does not mine diamonds but it has a large gem and jewellery industry and
is famed for its blue sapphires.
Source: MSN.Com
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