Colombo - A Chinese man accused of swallowing a diamond worth $13 600 at a gem show in Sri Lanka actually ingested a fake stone in an elaborate bluff to allow the real thief to escape, police said on ...

A Chinese visitor to Sri Lanka's biggest gem and jewellery exhibition was arrested for attempted theft on Wednesday after swallowing a diamond worth nearly $14,000, police said. The 32-year-old ...

Sri Lanka Diamond Thief Chou Wan Ate Fake Stone - but Accomplice May Have Eaten Real One. By Umberto Bacchi Published 11 September 2012, 4:09 PM BST.

Man Swallows $14,000 Diamond at Sri Lanka Jewellery Exhibition. By Nicholas Edmondson Published 05 September 2012, 12:25 PM BST.

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Sri Lanka is targeting to double gem and jewellery exports to US$ 500 million next year as the ... diamond and jewellery exports have amounted to US$ 390 million so far this year—US$180 ...

A Chinese man arrested for attempted theft after swallowing a diamond worth nearly £9,000 at a gem exhibition in Sri Lanka on Wednesday will have to undergo surgery to remove the stone, police said.