The Mirror

Tourists fined thousands for taking sand and shells from beach as police pour it back

Tourists taking mementos from beautiful Sardinian beaches are being fined thousands of pounds. In the past few days customs officials on the Mediterranean island have handed out 41 fines of up to ...
WNCT

Italian police seize sand, shells; fine tourists in Sardinia

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ROME (AP) — Dozens of tourists will have to ...
Couriermail

Tourists fined thousands for taking sand, shells from Italian beaches

Customs police on the Mediterranean island have slapped 41 travellers with penalties of up to €3000 ($A4700) in the last few days alone. Collectively they attempted ...
L'Unione Sarda

Villasimius, volunteers bring 900 kilos of sand and shells back to the beaches

Nine hundred kilos of shells and sand illegally taken from the beaches of Villasimius have returned to their place. The volunteers of the Sardinia Environmental Guards association took care of ...
L'Unione Sarda

Almost five kilos of pebbles, sand and shells in the luggage: the discovery at Alghero airport

5 tourists ended up in trouble, who had taken them from the beaches of Alghero, Mugoni, Castelsardo, Lu Bagnu and Cala Gonone. The penalties for this type of crime can range from a minimum of 500 to a ...