CNN. Tourists could face jail time for stealing the protected sand as well as fines at the idyllic beaches.On September 1, the man who has not been named was taken into custody at Cagliari Elmas Airport.He was found in possession of a bottle which contained the 2kg of white sand.A spokesman for the island's Forest Rangers told CNN: "The bottle was confiscated and is in now in our operating room where we hold these confiscated items.
At the end of the year we usually have many bottles of sand accumulated."Since 2017 it is illegal to take sand from Sardinia's beaches.The spokesman also revealed "incredible" beaches with white, pink or coloured sand are usually targeted."Last year we found a website that was selling our sand as souvenirs.
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