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.

Police now face the unenviable task of waiting to ‘collect’ the stolen items, which appear to be visible in an X-ray, ‘after they’re passed’.

A thief who stole pieces of high-end jewelry from a Tiffany & Co. store at a mall in Orlando, Florida, on February 26 was seen swallowing the evidence moments before his arrest later the same day. Jaythan Gilder,

Jaythan Lawrence Gilder, 32, reportedly visited a Tiffany & Co. store in Orlando, Florida where he claimed to be shopping on behalf of an Orlando Magic basketball player. A salesperson escorted Gilder to a VIP room where he was shown several pieces of jewelry,