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Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) has foiled a bid to smuggle around 28,000 litres of Iranian diesel into the country off Balochistan coast.
According to the PMSA, a patrolling team intercepted a ship over its suspicious movement and during checking process discovered that it was carrying thousands of litres of Iranian diesel.
“A ship named Al Yousfi was intercepted and during checking around 28,000 litres of Iranian diesel was found from its secret tanks,” the agency said adding that seven accused were arrested from the ship.
It further said that the seized items-ship and smuggled diesel- are worth in millions of rupees.
The smugglers are handed over to the Customs intelligence for further legal action against them.
