Tourist fined $1,200 for swiping sand from Italian beach
Italian police fined a French tourist €1,000 ($1,200) for attempting to smuggle four pounds of Sardinia's beloved white sand out of the country. Authorities at Cagliari Elmas Airport discovered the sand in a bottle stowed in his luggage. Apparently, this is not unusual. From CNN:
A spokesman for the island's Forest Rangers told CNN: "The bottle was confi…
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