Commander of Maritime Guards of Khuzestan Province General Lotfali Pakbaz noted that maritime guards identified and seized a smuggled cargo of fuel from four vessels and a heavy-duty truck in Khuzestan, the southern province of Iran.
The seized smuggled fuels consisted of 64,160 liters of gasoline, he added.
Ten fuel smugglers have been arrested in the operation and handed to judiciary officials, he noted.
The operations were carried out in the implementation of a plan to monitor borders and prevent the withdrawal of national funds and any smuggling, he underlined.
Subsidized fuel in Iran is seen as an opportunity for smugglers to draw huge benefits. Iran, however, re-imposed the use of fuel cards and rationed gasoline back in November 2019 which was aimed in part to take the smuggling under control.
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