Reports in the local media indicate that the Western Regional Police command has raided an illegal mining enclave in the Avelebo and Akango in the Evalue Ajomoro-Gwira District of the western region.
The team is said to have seized 10 excavators, which will be used as evidence to prosecute the perpetrators of illegal mining.
As a result of the raid, seven foreign nationals have been arrested.
Also, 8 Ghanaians were arrested in the swoop.
