2 vessels carrying smuggled fuel were seized in the waters of Bushehr province

According to the Mehr reporter, Colonel Abdullah Khosravi said in a gathering of reporters on Thursday morning: In line with the orders of the Commander in Chief, the provincial navy staff will deal decisively with the economic disruptors and smugglers with the good cooperation of pious and religious people.

He added: With the intelligence nobility and the implementation of operational measures and intensifying the control of the entry and exit of vessels, the efforts of seafarers to seriously fight against the smuggling of goods, fuel, due to the negative economic consequences of smuggling, were put on the agenda.

The border guard commander of Bushehr province, while referring to the arrest of 2 suspects, added: Border guard officers succeeded in seizing two fuel-carrying floats without any proof of the legality of the fuel.

He continued: The officers were able to discover 28,000 liters of smuggled diesel fuel in an embedded form worth 9.5 billion Rials.