Iran dismantles foreign fuel smuggling ring, seizes Philippine ship
33AM [Updated: Sat Sep 7, 2019 10:43AM ]/ Iran says it has dismantled a fuel smuggling ring after seizing a Philippine tanker in the Persian Gulf and taking its crew into custody. Colonel Hossein Dahaki, the commander of Hormozgan Province coastguard, said Saturday that his forces had detained 12 Philippine nationals and their towboat. An illegal shipment of nearly 284,000 liters of smuggled diesel fuel, worth about 323 billion rials ($2.8 million), was also confiscated as part of the operation. The coastguard chief added that much ...
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