Jose Cruz Salas stole a bracelet from a small girl on Sunday but he was quickly traced by the police. In effort to hide his ill gotten gains, Salas swallowed the gold bracelet.

The police, however, were not to be beaten. Having arranged for an x-ray of Salas stomach contents to ensure that the gold bracelet was where the crook said it was, police arrested him and committed him to jail - where laxatives were administered in order retrieve the evidence.

Salas faces robbery charges, punishable by a fine or a jail term of six months to 15 years - depending on the bracelet's value. Its worth could not be immediately determined; some poor soul will have to attend to that task when nature takes its course. A real case of 'its a dirty job but someone's gotta do it.' I'd hate to be the new boy in that jail this week!

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