IRGC Seizes Ship With Smuggled Fuel in Persian Gulf

Date: 15 April 2022 - 22:39

News ID: ۱۰۱۶۶۲

TEHRAN -- Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) confiscated a vessel carrying thousands of liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf, the second such seizure in less than a week, an IRGC spokesman announced Friday.
Gholamhussein Husseini said that the ship, smuggling 250,000 liters of fuel, had been confiscated by the IRGC personnel of the naval zone. “During the seizure, seven of the ship’s crew members were detained and would remain in custody until the completion of investigation and the legal proceedings,” he said.