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.

Florida police have to wait for the “foreign objects” to pass through Jaythan Gilder’s digestive system before confirming they are the stolen earrings, officials said.

After swallowing diamond earrings worth Rs 6.8 crore from Tiffany & Co, this Florida man outed himself by asking the authorities if he was going to jail for what was in his stomach.