South Africa Police have arrested a man who swallowed 220 polished diamonds ,this man try to smuggle
them out of country , the man arrested when he waitted to board a plane at Johannesburg airport.
Officials said a scan of his body revealed the diamonds he had ingested, worth $2.3million inside.
The man was reportedly of Lebanese origin and he was travelling to Dubai.
"We nabbed him just before he went through the security checkpoint" Paul Ramaloko,Spokesman of
the South Africa elite police unit the Hawks said, according to Agency France Press.
Authorities believe the man belongs to a smugging ring, Another man was arrested in March also attempting
to smuggle diamonds out the country in a similar way.
South Africa is among the world's top producers of diamonds.