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Orlando, Fl--A thief stole more than $700,000 in Tiffany jewels and when caught allegedly swallowed the pieces, according to several reports. Authorities are now waiting for the pieces to pass.

Jaythan Gilder, 32, reportedly told employees at the Tiffany & Co. store in the Mall at Millenia at about 1:45 p.m. on Feb. 26 that he was a representative of an Orlando Magic basketball player before he was taken to a VIP room and shown several jewels, Orlando Police Detective Aaron Goss reportedly wrote in an arrest warrant.

[Orlando Police Department photo show a scan of the suspected thief with a foreign object in his stomach. Photo credit: Screenshot on NBC News website]

Gilder was shown a pair of 4.86-carat diamond earrings worth $160,000, a pair of 8.19-carat diamond earrings worth $609,000 and a 5.61-carat diamond ring worth $587,000, the court document reportedly said. He then grabbed the three pieces of jewelry and struggled with employees before he dropped the ring and fled the store, according to Goss.

Mall security cameras captured images of Gilder leaving in a blue Mitsubishi Outlander that detectives traced to an Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Houston, the affidavit reportedly said. It said the Florida Highway Patrol spotted Gilder and the SUV at 7:55 p.m. on Interstate 10 in Tallahassee, about 300 miles northwest of Orlando.

A scan of the suspect, taken at the Washington County Jail, found "foreign objects in his stomach," Goss reportedly wrote. They are believed to be Tiffany & Co. jewels. This will be confirmed once the suspected jewels pass through his system, the police affidavit reportedly says.

Read more on the NBC News website.