Couple face up to six years in jail for taking sand from Italian beach

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Theft of white sand and rocks from Sardinia's beaches is very common, a police officer said, and there is an illegal market for them on the internet.

Police in the northern city of Porto Torres found the sand while making routine checks on cars waiting to board a ferry to Toulon in southern France.

Police told CNN that the tourists said they were unaware of the laws about removing sand, but noted that the island's beaches have signs in several languages informing visitors. "The people of Sardinia are very angry with tourists that steal shells and sand, because it's a theft future generations that also puts at risk a delicate environment," the officer told CNN.A Facebook page,"Sardegna Rubata e Depredata" --"Sardinia, robbed and plundered" -- which was set up by a group of security officials from the island's airports, campaigns against the depletion of Sardinia's beaches.

 

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