Thai police extract stolen diamond from tourist's anus

Police in Thailand recovered a six-carat diamond from a Chinese tourist's intestines by pulling it out of her anus.

The woman was arrested at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on Thursday after she was accused of stealing the diamond from a jewellery fair outside the city.

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According to the Herald Sun, the woman and her partner were arrested after they allegedly switched a fake stone for a real one.

They denied stealing the jewel but X-rays showed the object in the woman's intestine.

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When she was told the diamond could injure her, the woman agreed to have it removed.

The BBC reports that she was given laxatives but when this failed, a colonoscope was used to extract the gem.

Police said the procedure took around 12 minutes.

In 2012, a man was arrested at an airport in South Africa after swallowing 220 diamonds in an attempt to smuggle them out of the country.

The 25-year-old man was arrested at O.R. Tambo International Ariport just outside Johannesburg after the diamonds showed up on a body scan at security.

Capt. Paul Ramaloko of the South African Police Service said the diamonds were later recovered from the man, and were worth around £1.5 million.

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