Police in South Africa say they have arrested a 25-year-old man who swallowed 220 polished diamonds in an attempt to smuggle them out of the country.

Captain Paul Ramaloko of the South African Police

A cushion-shaped internally 76.02-carat flawless Golconda diamond was auctioned for a record price of $21.47 million (£13.5 million) by Christie’s in Geneva on Tuesday evening.

The diamond, mined in

Christie's auctioned off the Archduke Joseph Diamond for nearly $21.5 million on Tuesday night, a world auction record price per carat for a colorless diamond.

The famous Mahankali temple at Lal Darwaza was robbed early on Wednesday morning and the thieves stole goods worth several lakhs of rupees, including a diamond gifted by the Nizam.

Security was tight

One of the rarest and most famous diamonds in the world, with its origin traced to the ancient Golconda mines in Andhra Pradesh, will go under the hammer next month and is expected to fetch over $15 m

A 76-carat diamond billed as one of the most famous in the world is expected to fetch well over $15 million when it hits the auction block in November, Christie's said on Friday.

The colossal gem, wh