There is a bug in the game with the soul sand in the new beta. I dropped an item on the side of the block with a hopper below and the hopper picked up the item. It is like the soul sand is inverted. I tried in a flat world and this weird behavior do not happens.
MCPE-42516
Weird soul sand
Resolved
Cannot Reproduce
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