TEHRAN - Two vessels carrying more than 4.5 million liters of smuggled fuel were seized on Wednesday by the IRGC Navy in the Persian Gulf.

After three days of monitoring, the IRGC Navy carried out an operation and seized the two vessels in the south of Bomusi Island, it said in a press release. 

The IRGC Navy also said that the vessels have been handed over to the judicial authorities for legal procedures.

Brigadier General Ali Ozmaei, commander of the Imam Muhammad Baqir operational base of the IRGC Navy, said the first vessel was carrying 2,280,000 liters of smuggled fuel and had 13 crew members, while the second one was carrying 2,300,000 liters and had 21 crew members.