Iran Detains Fuel Ship Near Strait of Hormuz

Iran Detains Fuel Ship Near Strait of Hormuz
Iran says it has detained a ship carrying smuggled fuel near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.

(Bloomberg) -- Iran has detained a ship carrying smuggled fuel near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

Sixteen Malaysian crew members were detained. The tanker, intercepted near Abu Musa island, was carrying 1.3 million liters of smuggled fuel, IRNA said, or the equivalent of just 8,000 barrels.

“This is the sixth vessel carrying smuggled fuel that the IRGC’s maritime forces have seized,” the naval commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ali Azmaei, told IRNA.

To contact the reporter on this story:
Yasna Haghdoost in Beirut at yhaghdoost@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Riad Hamade at rhamade@bloomberg.net



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