Gulf: Iran seizes ship near major oil tanker lane
Summary News
In conjunction with increased international tensions following the drone attack (14 September) on Saudi oil company Aramco's oil facilities, Iran seized a vessel suspected of being used for fuel smuggling in the Persian Gulf.
Intelligence Operation
Following a high-precision intelligence operation, the Marine Corps of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) boarded a ship in the Persian Gulf with 250,000 liters of diesel fuel destined for the United Arab Emirates. reported Monday, September 16 the Iranian news agency, ISNA.
Fuel Smuggling
"The vessel was stopped 32 km east of the Great Tunb, a small island in the eastern Persian Gulf," ISNA said, adding that the crew has been handed over to the judicial authorities of the province. Hormozgan, in the south of the country, without however disclosing the nationality of the crew members. In a first arrest, arrested traffickers reported that they collected and loaded their cargoes in tugboats in the Sang-Salameh area, according to the ISNA report. Iran is fighting against land-based fuel traffic to neighboring countries and by sea to the Arab states of the region.
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