TEHRAN: Iran seized a boat and arrested 12 Filipinos as it busted a"fuel-smuggling ring" in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday , the semi-official news agency ISNA reported.
Dehaki said the group was suspected of operating a fuel-smuggling ring and the confiscated shipment had been intercepted close to Sirik county in the Strait of Hormuz. The escalation has seen ships mysteriously attacked, drones downed and oil tankers seized in the Strait of Hormuz - a chokepoint for a third of world's seaborne oil.Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps detained a"foreign tanker" in Gulf waters on Jul 14 for allegedly smuggling contraband fuel.
Maritime tracking service TankerTrackers reported the Panamanian-flagged MT Riah, used in the strait for fuelling other vessels, had crossed into Iranian waters, and at that point its automatic identification system stopped sending signals.
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