Iran seizes ship carrying one million liters of smuggled fuel in Gulf waters

WORLD, July 07 (YPA) – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has seized a tanker vessel carrying hundreds of liters of smuggled fuel in the  Gulf waters.

According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the naval forces of the IRGC confiscated the vessel with 900 tons of smuggled fuel and also arrested all 12 crew members onboard.

The seizure of vessels carrying smuggled fuel in the  Gulf is conducted with a judicial order, the agency said.

No further details about the identity of the vessel and the nationality of its crew members have been announced.

It is worthy nothing that  the IRGC’s Navy confiscated more than 50 million liters of smuggled fuel, mainly diesel, in various missions last year.

E.M