Iran Guards seize ship smuggling fuel in Gulf: state media

By AFP 24 April 2022, 3:32 pm

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize a foreign vessel smuggling fuel in the Gulf and arrest its crew members, state media says, in the third such incident reported this month.

The Guards “seized a foreign vessel carrying 200,000 liters (around 53,000 gallons) of smuggled fuel in the north of the Persian Gulf and directed it to Bushehr (port),” state broadcaster IRIB says, quoting a statement by the Guards’ navy.

“Eight crew members of the vessel, who are foreigners, were arrested and taken to Bushehr port, where they will be handed over to the judicial authorities to complete the investigation and legal processes,” it adds.