The United States has seized an oil tanker near Venezuela, President Donald Trump said, according to a report by the BBC, relayed by RKS News.
“As you may know, we have just seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela a large one… in fact the largest ever seized you will see this later and we will talk about it later with some other people,” the president told reporters during an afternoon event at the White House on Wednesday.
Reuters cites three anonymous US officials who said that an oil tanker was seized off the coast of Venezuela in an operation led by the US Coast Guard.
This comes after Trump stated that the US had seized a tanker near Venezuela. The American president did not provide further details about the reason for the seizure or the vessel’s intended destination.
