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Missing: One Beach

Please return to Jamaica, no questions asked.

Back in July, 500 truckloads of white sand were stolen from the location of a planned resort in Jamaica, The Guardian reports. This works out to around 400 meters of beach—quite a heist. Police are taking the investigation very seriously, going so far as to “[test] other beaches for traces of the missing sand.” Though there have been no arrests, there are suspicions that “hotels may have been involved.” The paper says this isn’t the first such incident. In 2007, a Hungarian resort was relieved of its beach, huts, and sun loungers.

Read it at The Guardian

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