Police Chief of Qazvin Province Brigadier General Mehdi Hajian made the announcement on Monday, saying that the patrol officers suspected one tank-truck and stopped it at the checkpoint of Buin Zahra County.
The tank-truck consisting of 30,000 smuggled diesel fuels has been seized the value of which is estimated at 1.8 billion rials ($42,000), he added.
According to the police chief, one smuggler has been also arrested in the operation and handed over to judiciary officials.
As reported in early June, Iran has launched a border market to sell diesel fuel to buyers in Pakistan and Afghanistan to counter smuggling of fuel ate border areas.
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