Authorities seize machinery after uncovering stunning illegal scheme: 'They took the tracker off and they gave it to an Uber car'

Authorities seize machinery after uncovering stunning illegal scheme: 'They took the tracker off and they gave it to an Uber car'

Ghanaian authorities confiscated 3,000 illegal mining machines to address the destruction of the country's waterways and farmland by untracked equipment, News Ghana reported. The country's vehicle licensing agency executed the seizure after learning that the mining operators intentionally skipped equipment registration to escape detection. Officials say the crackdown closes an important loophole that previously allowed environmental harm to cont…