Iran Guards seize 'foreign' diesel-smuggling boat
The Hindu
The incident comes in the wake of a series of attacks on commercial vessels in the sea lanes serving the Gulf.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday they had seized a boat smuggling diesel in the Gulf and arrested its 11 foreign crew members.
"Thanks to our intelligence services and in a coordinated operation, our navy seized a foreign vessel with 11 crew members in our territorial waters," said Guards' Colonel Ahmad Hajian, according to state television's Iribnews website.
Mr. Hajian did not specify either the date of the seizure, the nationality of the boat or its crew, or further details about the vessel and its origin.
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