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…