I like these kinds of stories – they’re nice and neat and demonstrate “why crime doesn’t pay” – An Angolan businessman spent a fortune on buying what he thought was a ‘blood’ diamond worth 2.2 million pounds. He tried to smuggle his new purchase into Germany where, presumably, he was going to sell it and makes his millions. Unfortunately, after having been stopped by Customs and probably being frisked in personal areas, it turns out that his “gem” wasn’t a gem. Because he hadn’t done anything wrong Customs let him go, a very disappointed man indeed. There was no mention of how he smuggled his “gem” into Germany though….

Fake diamond shocks ‘smuggler’