$4.4 Million Blood Diamond in Germany

German border authorities got lucky at the Frankfurt airport yesterday.They seized a huge 86.7 carat diamond from Angolan man who were passinger from Namibia. German authorities are suspicious about the origin of this 2.5 million euro ($4.4 million) worthy,uncut diamond .

The identity of the 38 year old male person is not revealed. He arrived at the Frankfurt airport with a forged visa, which was recognized by the airport officers, and that was the trigger for a carefull search by the custom. After finding the passenger claimed that the diamond was worth only $88.000 and was intended to use for buying cars in Portugal.

After contacting some diamond experts the customs realized the real price of the diamond. The diamond is now a property of the German state and the passenger is accused for couple of offenses including: smuggling and withholding $880.000 in import taxes and breaking international rules for stopping the trade of blood diamonds from conflict areas.
The passenger will remain in the custody untill the deportation in Angola.