The Indian Coast Guard has detained three tankers that are reportedly linked to an international syndicate involved in oil smuggling.
“The syndicate exploited mid-sea transfers in international waters to move cheap oil from conflict ridden regions to motor tankers, evading duties owed to coastal states,” the coast guard said in a social media post on Saturday, February 7.
Acting on surveillance and data-pattern analysis, the coast guard intercepted the three suspect vessels in the Arabian Sea approximately 100 nautical miles west of Mumbai on Friday, February 6.
