"Federal police have arrested a Spanish national at Mexico-City Airport who planned to smuggle into Colombia 11,500 diamonds without stating their legal origin,” Mexican police said in a statement posted on their Twitter account.
“The detained person is believed to be a member of an international network smuggling diamonds from Africa,” the statement added.
Customs officials found the diamonds packed in plastic bags, hidden under the bag’s false bottom.
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The other packages were found wrapped around the smuggler’s body.
En @AICM_mx, @PoliciaFedMx detuvo a una persona de nacionalidad española, quien pretendía trasladar a Colombia 11 mil 500 diamantes, de los que no acreditó su legal procedencia. Detenido podría formar parte de red internacional de contrabando de diamantes procedentes de África. pic.twitter.com/tPyavE91ZQ
— Policía Federal Mx (@PoliciaFedMx) 25 ноября 2017 г.
