site.btaUPDATED Drone Found on Rocks near Bulgarian Coastal Village, Defence Ministry Said It Was not Military

An unmanned aerial vehicle has been found on rocks between the Black Sea villages of Tyulenovo and Kamen Bryag. Police have cordoned off the site, the Interior Ministry’s Regional Directorate said in a press release on Tuesday. A subsequent inspection found that it was not a military drone and there was no ammunition attached to it, the Defence Ministry said later in the day.

Service persons from the special forces of the Navy retrieved the drone and transported it in strict observation of the safety standards.

The police responded to the alert for a grounded drone after a post by hotelier Radoslav Rusev on social media. He told BTA that it is much smaller than a drone found in this area in September.