French couple faces prison time for taking 90 pounds of sand from Sardinia

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sardinia-sand-theft-french-couple-faces-prison-time-after-being-caught-with-90-pounds-of-sand/

A French couple is facing years of jail time after stealing almost 90 pounds of sand from Sardinia, the Italian island known for its picturesque beaches. The alleged thieves told police they were taking the sand home because they wanted to keep it as a "souvenir," Italian media reported Monday.


According to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, two French citizens poured white sand into 14 plastic bottles from Chia, a beach in southern Sardinia, and put them in the trunk of their SUV. The couple wanted to take it home as a memory of their vacation, but instead were caught on a ferry en route to Toulon, France.

The pair was charged with theft under aggravated circumstance for having stolen from a public beach. They face between one and six years of jail time, according to the report.

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1. a few ounces of sand is a souvenir...

90 pounds?


Yeah, that aint right...




And even a few ounces isn't cool. Like if everyone took home a little piece of the petrified forest park, we wouldn't have a park left.

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2. It irritates me to no end when people do that

"Surely just one little jar of sand won't matter!"

Yeah, how many people do you see on this beach? What if all of them have one little jar?

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3. Ive taken a handful

For a terrarium before not 90 pounds!