The U.S. military has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to comments made by President Donald Trump.

The president has warned government leaders of Venezuela that he would take action against narco-terrorists smuggling harmful drugs from the country into the U.S. Those actions have manifested in military strikes against alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean.

'For multiple years, the oil tanker has been sanctioned by the United States due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations.'

"As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela," Trump said. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually."

Sources told ABC News that the tanker is referred to as a VLCC, or very lar

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