Officers of the Coast Guard Region No 3 Command discovered 80,000 litres of smuggled diesel oil of unknown origin from a fishing vessel 120 nautical miles east of Côn Đảo Island in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province on October 23. — Photo courtesy of Việt Nam Coast Guard

BÀ RỊA - VŨNG TÀU PROVINCE — The Coast Guard Region No. 3 Command has seized about 80,000 litres of smuggled diesel oil from a fishing vessel 120 nautical miles east of Côn Đảo Island in the southern coastal province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu.

It said on Monday that its working team stopped the fishing vessel TG 90297 TS registered in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang and found the oil of unknown origin.

The vessel’s captain, Nguyễn Văn Bường, 51, of Tiền Giang Province, and four crew members were on board.

Bường failed to furnish documents proving the origin of the oil, and none of the crew had the qualifications or certification required to be a sailor.

On October 24, the working team brought the vessel ashore and handed the case over to the Coast Guard Region No. 3 Command based in Vũng Tàu city for further investigation. — VNS