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.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers reported arresting a Texas man wanted in Orlando after he swallowed four stolen diamonds valued at nearly $770,000.

A man stole US$770,000 (NZD$1.3 million) worth of diamond earrings, then swallowed the jewellery before he was detained by state troopers later that day, Florida police say. Jaythan Gilder, 32, of Houston was accused of stealing two pairs of earrings from a Tiffany & Co store in an Orlando shopping mall on February 26,