//A tourist who took sand from a beach in Italy has been fined more than $1,000

A tourist who took sand from a beach in Italy has been fined more than $1,000

A French tourist has been ordered to pay a $1,200 fine after attempting to fly out of Sardinia with more than four pounds of local sand in his luggage.The Italian island’s idyllic white sand is protected, and tourists face fines and even jail time for removing it from local beaches.The unnamed man was apprehended at Cagliari Elmas Airport on Sept. 1 after he was found