India, March 5 -- Scared of being caught by the police, a jewel thief in Orlando, Florida swallowed earrings worth $769,000 ( Rs.6.7 crore) to get rid of the evidence, according to WFLA. 32-year-old Jaythan Lawrence Gilder walked into a Tiffany & Co store in Orland in February while pretending to be a representative for a local basketball player.

His ruse allowed him to to gain access to more expensive designs at the store and not long after he allegedly ran out of the store with two sets of earrings - one 4.86-carat set worth $160,000 and another 8.10-carat set worth $609,500, the report said.

When the theft came to light, police began looking for the accused and stopped Gilder on a highway and charged him with resisting arrest. Howeve...