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French Tourist (69) Risks up to 3,000 Euros Fine After Trying to Smuggle 40 Kilos of Sand From Sardinian Beach

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Italian customs officers stopped a 69-year-old French tourist on Monday as she was about to board a ferry. Officers found 40 kilos of sand, pebbles, and shells that she had taken from the coast of northern Sardinia. Since 2017, it has been prohibited to take such items from Italian beaches. The woman now faces a fine of up to 3,000 euros.

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Italian customs officers stopped a 69-year-old French tourist on Monday as she was about to board a ferry. Officers found 40 kilos of sand, pebbles, and shells that she had taken from the coast of northern Sardinia. Since 2017, it has been prohibited to take such items from Italian beaches. The woman now faces a fine of up to 3,000 euros.

Italian customs officers stopped a 69-year-old French tourist on Monday as she was about to board a ferry. Officers found 40 kilos of sand, pebbles, and shells that she had taken from the coast of northern Sardinia. Since 2017, it has been prohibited to take such items from Italian beaches. The woman now faces a fine of up to 3,000 euros.

A 69-year-old French tourist was detained in a port on the Italian island of Sardinia, after the customs authorities discovered in her luggage about 40 kilograms of white sand, pebbles and shells. The woman tried to board a ferry to the French city of Toulon, after a vacation on the island, reports the publication Blic. According to the Italian authorities, the materials came from Le Saline beach, located near Stintino, in northern Sardinia.Sinc…

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