seized a tugboat and detained its 12 Filipino crew members on suspicion of smuggling diesel fuel in the Persian Gulf, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported Saturday./ 5th Fleet was aware of the report but declined further comment, Cmdr. Joshua Frey, a spokesman, said./ In Manila, the ...
flagged tanker Stena Impero remains anchored off the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas after the Revolutionary Guards impounded it on July 19 for breaking "international maritime rules" (AFP Photo/Hasan Shirvani)/ Tehran (AFP) - Iran seized a boat and arrested 12 Filipinos as it busted a ...
Iran’s coast guard has seized a foreign tugboat suspected of smuggling fuel in the Gulf and detained its 12 Filipino crew members, state television reported on Saturday. It said the tugboat was carrying nearly 284,000 liters of diesel. The report did not say what national flag the vessel was ...
Iran's coast guard has seized a foreign tugboat suspected of smuggling fuel in the Gulf and detained its 12 Filipino crew members, state television reported on Saturday. It said the tugboat was carrying nearly 284,000 liters of diesel. The report did not say what national flag the vessel was ...
Iran’s coast guard has seized a vessel for allegedly smuggling fuel in the Gulf and detained its 12 crew members from the Philippines, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported. The vessel was carrying nearly 284,000 liters of diesel, the news agency said on Saturday. Iran, which has some of ...
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 ...
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