A drone found on the rocks near Lipite beach, close to Sinemorets, will be destroyed once the navy asks for permission, Burgas regional governor Diko Dikov told BNT this morning. He will issue the order as soon as he gets the request. So far, there is none.
Someone reported the drone to the 112 emergency line yesterday, and the relevant services were alerted. There is no official information on where it came from, what type it is or how it ended up on the rocks.
How it all started: Dozens of sacks of red pepper dumped on „Listi“ beach near Sinemorets
The sea has also washed up nearly 200 sacks of red paprika on the same beach. At the end of last week there were dozens. Tsarevo mayor Marin Kirov said then that the council and the State Forestry Agency would clear the beach once they get permission.
Tests of the sea water in the area and of some of the sacks should show whether the cargo has polluted the sea. "The official results are due later today," Dikov said. He said there is no sign of anything worrying so far.
Dikov has already spoken with Kirov. The council is ready to organise the removal of the sacks and help with the clean-up, including with money from its own budget. Tsarevo council will likely pay for the removal, although the beach is exclusively state property.
The sacks will not be taken away right away. Investigators must first establish the circumstances of the find, and then prosecutors must give permission. The beach can only be reached on foot, so carrying the sacks out will be hard.
It is not yet confirmed whether the sacks come from the containers lost by the container ship CONTSHIP JET. The ship sank off Shabla at the end of October. Since then, parts of its cargo have turned up along the southern Black Sea coast. Some was spotted in the sea, and some washed ashore.
A tank container stranded near Sinemorets is expected to be towed away today, because the spot is fairly easy to reach.
A large container of Christmas decorations, wedged in the rocks between the Arapya and Lozenets campsites, is harder to deal with. It can only be moved with the permission of the supervising prosecutor from the Burgas District Prosecutor's Office. Dikov believes the owner of the container and its cargo should pay for removing it.