Indian crew aboard Iranian oil tanker released in Gibraltar

LONDON: The police proceedings against four Indian crew members, including the captain, aboard an Iranian oil supertanker has ended and they were released by authorities in Gibraltar on Thursday, even as the US Department of Justice made a last-minute claim on the vessel.

“I am grateful and thankful for my release. And I am grateful to all who have facilitated my release in my legal team,” the Captain of the Grace 1 tanker said in a statement.

A spokesman for Gibraltar’s government also confirmed that police proceedings against four members of the crew had ended.