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“Let’s Deal”: A Conversation with a Diamond Smuggler - Words Without Borders

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A Chinese woman smuggling a diamond in her intestine made news, but there are others who have used their bodies to steal gems. In September, Jiang Sulian of China had to undergo a colonoscopy when she arrived at Bangkok airport.

She had stolen a six-carat diamond wor th Rs.

How to smuggle diamonds

Lodged in her large intestine, the year old fake tourist needed surgery as the large diamond couldn't be removed naturally. In November , a year-old unnamed Lebanese smuggler was detained at Johannesburg airport with , yes , polished diamonds in his stomach. Headed to Dubai, the man was caught and forced, with the help of laxatives, to give up the diamonds worth Rs. Turns out he had hidden five gold biscuits worth Rs. The passenger from Dubai, said an airport official, then "squatted and got the biscuits out".

Meanwhile, a woman was once caught the same year at Mumbai airport with 1.

On a weak footing: A closer search revealed he was carrying iPhones strapped to his body. When the detector went off, the man said it was his gold bracelet — but it was the several phones cellotaped to his stomach and calves that were the real problem.

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Two Sri Lankan men — Shadul Hameed Mohamed Issadeen 48 and Habeebu Mohammed Izadeen 53 — found an ingenious way to smuggle They stuck it in their mouths, below their tongues, then got past Lankan immigration using the excuse of maun vrat vow of silence.

At Chennai airport, while mumbling to each other, they were caught by authorities.

We checked and found the gold," said an official. Want stories like this in your inbox? Sign up for the weekly ET Panache newsletter. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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