US returning seized Venezuelan oil tanker – Reuters

Washington is reportedly handing over the Panama-flagged M/T Sophia

The US is handing over to Venezuela an oil tanker it seized earlier this month, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing two American officials speaking on condition of anonymity.  

The officials did not provide a reason for returning the vessel, which they identified as the Panama-flagged supertanker M/T Sophia, interdicted by the US Coast Guard and military forces on January 7 while carrying oil.