Two people were arrested on suspicion of theft after police said one of them swallowed a stolen ring in an attempt to hide it.
Bryan Ford, 29, had been examining a ring worth several thousand dollars at a Zales jewellery store in Orem, Utah, when he allegedly left with it, officers said. He was chased by an employee as he got into a car driven away by Christina Schlegel, 25.
Officers stopped the car and arrested both suspects a short time later. Police were baffled as to the ring's whereabouts until an X-ray of Schlegel's stomach was taken.