Operation Vanguard Personnel have arrested 15 suspected Chinese illegal miners in the Juabosu District of the Western Region.
A statement issued to the GNA said the operation, which was carried out simultaneously at different sites within the general area of Bonsai resulted in the seizure of five excavators.
Both the suspects and equipment have been handed over to the Inter Ministerial Committee on illegal Mining for further action.
The statement said galamseyers have resorted to operating deeper into the forest areas of the Western North Region as the Task force have extended its operations to the region.
The statement said Operation Vanguard will however continue to fish them out regardless.
Due to their reliance on locals, some of the illegal miners are proving more difficult to apprehend because the local spies give them tip off anytime the Task force approaches their sites.
Operation Vanguard therefore cautions not only the illegal miners, but their local accomplices that both actions are against the law.
