70k liters of smuggled fuel seized in S Iran

Colonel Javad Khajepour said that 70,000 liters of smuggled fuel have been confiscated from three heavy-duty trucks.

Five defendants have been detained in this regard, he added.

Subsidized fuel in Iran is seen as an opportunity for smugglers to draw huge benefits. Iran, however, re-imposed using fuel cards and rationed gasoline back in November 2019 which was aimed in part to take the smuggling under control.

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