U.S. News

Mysterious White Powder Found in the White House Is Cocaine: Report

CROSSING THE LINE

A brief evacuation was triggered when the substance was found.

A suspicious substance found inside the White House tested positive for cocaine, according to an official familiar with a Secret Service investigation into the unknown item which triggered an evacuation.
Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty

A mysterious white powder found inside the White House on Sunday triggering a brief evacuation has tested positive for cocaine, according to The Washington Post. The newspaper cited an official familiar with a U.S. Secret Service investigation into the white powder and a recording of a D.C. fire crew’s dispatch which responded to the situation on Sunday evening. The substance reportedly tested positive for the illegal drug in a preliminary test, with Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi separately confirming that the material is undergoing further testing to confirm what it it is as authorities examine how it made its way into the White House. He added that its discovery prompted a brief evacuation of the building and an elevated security alert, but President Joe Biden was not in the White House at the time.

Read it at The Washington Post