Iran seizes ship, arrests 16 Malaysians
An unnamed vessel with a crew of 16 Malaysians have been detained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for fuel-smuggling. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, December 31, 2019.
IRAN’S Revolutionary Guards have seized a ship suspected of fuel-smuggling and arrested 16 Malaysian crew members, state media reported late last night. The website of Irib state television said the guards confiscated 1.3 million litres of “smuggled fuel” from the unnamed vessel 15 nautical miles from Abu Musa island.
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