Police have
seized and discharged 208,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the northeastern city
of Miandoab during the past 11 months.
The
discoveries include 4,000 liters of gasoline, 92,000 liters of kerosene and
112,000 tons of gasoil seized by police during the past 11 months.
The
discoveries were made by round-the-clock monitoring of the forces in the border
areas of the country.
Every liter
of gasoline is at $0.331 which is relatively lower than its price in
neighboring countries including Turkey, making the item tantalizing for
opportunist smugglers.
Fuel
smuggling is a serious malady in Iran's economy and the government has devised
numerous plans to curb smuggling of fuels which have not yet bore much fruit.
Date: 3/8/2016