WINDSOR (WKZO) -- There is just no other way to say it, it’s a crappy job but someone has to do it, as Windsor, Ontario police wait for a thief to pass a pair of gem stones he tried to conceal by swallowing. Tests show a $20,000 diamond and a cubit zirconium are still in his system.

They tried laxatives, which didn’t work and are trying other things to coax the gemstones out. Until then he remains in custody and detectives face the odious task of searching his bowel movements for shiny rocks. It’s been a week now and still no sign.