Iran has seized a foreign tanker and its crew for allegedly smuggling fuel into the Persian Gulf, state television said Thursday, quoting Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

The ship and its 12 crew members were seized Sunday in the Strait of Hormuz.

“With a capacity of two million barrels and 12 foreign crew on board, the vessel was en route to deliver contraband fuel received from Iranian boats to foreign ships in farther regions when it was intercepted,” the force said on its Sepahnews website.

The Guard didn’t detail the name or origin of the vessel.

With Post wires