Tehran: Head of the judiciary in Iran’s Hormozgan Province, Mojtaba Gahhramani, announced on Wednesday that Iran has seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman for smuggling two million liters of fuel, according to the Iranian Students News Network.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, Gahhramani stated that after continuous monitoring of suspicious fuel smuggling activities along Iran’s maritime borders in the Sea of Oman, law enforcement agencies conducted an inspection of a foreign oil tanker.

He explained that the ship was detained on suspicion of transporting smuggled fuel due to the lack of legal documents for its cargo, as reported by the Iranian Mehr News Agency.

Gahhramani further mentioned that 17 individuals, including the tanker’s captain and crew, have been arrested as part of the ongoing legal proceedings. The case has been referred to the relevant authorities in the city of Jask, where a judicial investigation is currently underway.

Further details, including the ship’s nationality and intended destination, have not been disclosed at this time.