LONDON/GIBRALTAR: The United States has applied to seize the Iranian Grace 1 tanker in Gibraltar commandeered by British Royal Marines in the Mediterranean last month, complicating a possible tanker swap between Britain and the Islamic Republic.in a daring landing in darkness off the coast of the British overseas territory on Jul 4. Gibraltar said the tanker was suspected of smuggling oil to Syria in breach of European Union sanctions.
"The US Department of Justice has applied to seize the Iranian supertanker Grace 1 in Gibraltar, just hours before the Gibraltar Government was poised to release it," said the Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper, which was first to report the news. The Gibraltarian court's chief justice, Anthony Dudley, made clear that were it not for the US move,"the ship would have sailed," the Chronicle reported.It was not immediately clear to what the US Justice Department's application related.
The application means that a decision on the fate of Grace 1 will not be made until later on Thursday. The government of Gibraltar did not immediately comment on the report.A source in Gibraltar told Reuters ahead of the court hearing that the Grace 1 would likely be allowed to leave, stoking speculation about a possible tanker swap with Iran.
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