Tourist fined $1,200 for swiping sand from Italian beach

[pesco]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/09/10/tourist-fined-1200-for-swipi.html

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[anon27007144]

Depending how much sand he swiped, that could be a reasonable price!

Speaking of stealing other people’s beaches, check out this Russian seaglass beach:

[bashful]

So, it’s illegal because it is stealing from the beaches. But when it’s confiscated, it’s piled up in a room instead of returned to the shore? That seems wrong too.

[Mister44]

I know people who would be in heaven…

I hope the member who snagged me some volcanic sand from Tenerife, Canary Islands wasn’t doing something to get in trouble. Though it was only a couple spoon fulls and a few volcanic rocks.

[johnnyFresh]

Was thinking the same. Hopefully at the end of the year they bring it back.

[Adrian_Hillier]

Well, if their town council is as dumb as some here in the U.K., they’ll class that as illegal dumping of trash and put it into landfill - some seaside towns here have done it when beachfront house owners have swept up wind-blown beach sand and returned it to the beach, only to be threatened with fines for ‘fly tipping’ rubbish.
#rollseyes

[fnordius]

I read elsewhere that they do this mainly so that one a year they can make a photo of all the stuff confiscated, so that people get an idea of how much it adds up.