TEHRAN —
Iran’s navy seized a foreign vessel
in the Gulf and arrested its crew on suspicion of fuel smuggling, state media
said Wednesday, in the second such operation in a week.
اضافة اعلان
“A foreign ship, carrying 550,000 liters of smuggled
fuel, was seized in the waters of the Persian Gulf,” the judiciary chief for
Hormozgan province, Mojtaba Ghahremani, told state TV.
“The smuggled fuel was seized and seven crew members
arrested,” he added, without specifying their nationalities.
“Operational forces and naval vessels of the Islamic
republic seized the vessel and escorted it to port,” Ghahremani said, adding
that “the ship has been handed over to the judicial authorities for legal
proceedings and necessary investigations.”
Iran’s navy has stepped up its operations against
fuel smuggling in the sea lanes of the
Gulf, where a large portion of the
world’s oil is produced and shipped.
On Friday, Ghahremani said two vessels were seized
and their six crew members detained.
Last month, at least three similar seizures were reported,
on April 9, 15, and 24.
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