More details have emerged about the South African man arrested in Zimbabwe for diamond smuggling.

The man is due to be sentenced on Wednesday. It has emerged the man is just 20-years-old.

The state-run Herald newspaper in Zimbabwe is naming him as Keenin Frank Schofield.

He was arrested last Friday as he was about to board a plane for South Africa at Harare International Airport.

It appears simple X-ray equipment picked up the diamonds in his luggage ? they are worth an estimated $7364.

He has already appeared in court in Harare and pleaded guilty to illegally possessing or dealing in diamonds.

A conviction under Zimbabwe's Precious Stones Trade Act usually carries a mandatory five-year jail term.