General News of Sunday, 7 April 2019Source: citinewsroom.comGovernment to deploy 220 mining guards in AprilSome members of the Operation Vanguard teamThe government has announced that the first batch of 220 mining guards trained to police mining activities across the country will be deployed in April 2019. One measure government has put in place is to deploy mining guards who will augment the effort of the task force on Illegal mining Operation Vanguard. The Mining guards have undergone training in surveillance, ethics of security services, as well as appropriate ways of effecting arrests of illegal miners. The team will also be monitoring mining activities around water bodies. The first batch of the mining guards will be deployed in April.

Source: GhanaWeb April 07, 2019 11:15 UTC