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US seizes Venezuela-linked oil tanker off British waters
Paisley Daily Express
|January 08, 2026
THE US has seized a Venezuela linked oil tanker which is travelling off British waters, an official has said.
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US forces boarded the Marinera, a Russian-flagged vessel previously known as Bella-1, yesterday, as it travelled north and eastwards through the waters between Iceland and Scotland.
The vessel was said to have escaped Donald Trump's “total naval blockade” of Venezuela, put in place in December.
This story is from the January 08, 2026 edition of Paisley Daily Express.
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