The undisclosed vessel was reportedly smuggling 250,000 liters of diesel fuel to the United Arab Emirates when it was detained by the country’s Revolutionary Guards.
ISNA noted that the tanker was detained near the Greater Tunb island in the Gulf. The ship’s crew have been handed over to legal authorities in the southern Hormozgan province.
The move comes on the back of Iran’s increased efforts to curb fuel smuggling by land to neighbouring countries and by sea to the Gulf states. Earlier this month, the country’s coast guard seized a vessel for smuggling fuel in the Gulf and detained its 12 Filipino crew members.
