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Since sand is a non-renewable resource that is needed for construction, there’s a lot of illegal activity going on. In India, illegal sand mining is the countr
by fzeindl 7mo ago
Since sand is a non-renewable resource that is needed for construction, there’s a lot of illegal activity going on.
In India, illegal sand mining is the country's largest organized criminal activity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_theft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_theft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_sand_trade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_sand_trade
- SoleilAbsolu 7mo agoThis was part of the plot of an Elementary (modern-day Sherlock Holmes in NYC with Jonny Lee Miller & Lucy Liu) episode called Sand Trap. https://cbselementary.fandom.com/wiki/Sand_Trap#Plot https://cbselementary.fandom.com/wiki/Sand_Trap#Plot
- dfxm12 7mo agoImporting construction sand was a plot in the HBO series Barry as well.
- aaron695 7mo ago[dead]
- dyauspitr 7mo agoJust our luck that desert sand doesn’t work for this because we have essentially endless amounts of it. Instead people are destroying pristine river banks.