Greek tanker arrested in Libya

Libyan naval forces yesterday arrested a Liberian-flagged product tanker on suspicion of smuggling oil off the Abu Kammash area west of the capital Tripoli. The Levante and its all-Filipino crew have been detained in the north African country.

Many other tankers have been arrested for similar offences in the six years since the nation slipped into a bitter civil war.

The Greek owned ship was carrying 6m litres of oil when it was arrested, Libyan naval forces said.