This story originally appeared on KCRA.

The attempted heist of a ring worth more than $100,000 ended with a suspect hiding the precious piece of jewelry inside his body to avoid detection, Manteca city officials said.

Johnny Jordan Cruz Thymiakos, 20, and Shevvy Jared Franklin, 21, made arrangements to buy a diamond ring worth more than $100,000 at an area jewelry store, officials said.

While the ring's authenticity was being verified, one of the men met with the victim while the other stayed in a car outside the store. After the store said the ring was legitimate, a suspect took the ring and both men fled in a car.

Someone who saw the theft gave the suspects' vehicle information to the California Highway Patrol, who was able to locate and arrest the two men. Unfortunately, the ring was nowhere to be found.

Suspecting that one of men was hiding the ring in his body, police officers obtained a search warrant and found the ring in a suspect via X-ray. The suspect did not swallow the ring, police said.

The ring was recovered then by medical officials.

Thymiakos and Franklin were arrested and booked into the San Joaquin County jail on charges of burglary, conspiracy and grand theft from a person.