DHAKA: A North Korean-flagged tanker carrying an ‘illegal’ cargo of oil from a rebel-held port in eastern Libya on Tuesday escaped navy ships that were escorting it.

A Member of Parliament said, reports The Straits Times.

‘The oil tanker took advantage of poor weather conditions to head for the open sea. The ships that were surrounding it were not in a position to follow it,’ said a member of the General National Congress, the country’s highest political authority.

BDST: 1903 HRS, MAR 11, 2014