A Texas man who claimed to represent an Orlando Magic player interested in purchasing nearly $1 million in jewelry from Tiffany & Co. allegedly swiped two pairs of earrings. He then allegedly ate the earrings – worth more than $700,

A Texas man is accused of forcibly stealing two pairs of diamond earrings worth nearly $770,000 from an Tiffany & Co. store in central Florida and swallowing the jewelry when state troopers pulled him over hours later.

Jaythan Lawrence Gilder stole Tiffany & Co earrings worth $770K ( ₹6.7 crore) in Orlando. During his arrest on a Florida Panhandle highway, he swallowed the stolen jewellery. Authorities later conducted a body scan and are now waiting for the earrings to pass naturally as part of the investigation.