[fzeindl]

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/Illegal_sand_trade

[SoleilAbsolu]

This 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

[dfxm12]

Importing construction sand was a plot in the HBO series Barry as well.

[dyauspitr]

Just 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.