DUBAI: Iranian authorities have seized a vessel carrying 106,500 litres of smuggled fuel and its nine crew members have been arrested, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday.

"On the orders of the Qeshm Prosecutor, the officers of the marine base, while identifying a vessel carrying 106,500 litres of smuggled fuel, started the process of seizing it," said the chief justice of Hormozgan province.

(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Reporting by Tom Hogue)