The USA detained a tanker Veronica III under the Panamanian flag in the Indian O…

🇺🇸The USA detained a tanker Veronica III under the Panamanian flag in the Indian Ocean with a cargo of Venezuelan oil and petroleum products.

The detention was carried out by military personnel of the special unit NSW by parachute-free landing on the deck and subsequent seizure of the vessel.

Veronica III, like the previously detained tanker Aquila II, left Venezuela as part of a large group of tankers on January 3 with a cargo of 1.9 million barrels of crude oil and fuel oil. The vessel, operating under the false name DS Sector, had previously been involved in the transportation of Venezuelan, Russian, and Iranian oil.