A scandal politician was unleashed in the last hours in USA following the appearance of cocaine inside the White House. The Secret Service had carried out a closure of part of the presidential complex due to the appearance of an “unknown” white powder found late on Sunday. Subsequently, the capital’s firefighters confirmed the composition of the substance.
He Secret Service confirmed to Reuters that a “unknown item” which prompted the closure of part of the complex, but referred other questions to firefighters, who declined to comment.
“On Sunday night, the White House complex was closed out of an abundance of caution while agents of the Uniformed Division of the Secret Service investigated the discovery of an unknown object in a work zone,” a Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement. by email.
Cocaine hydrochloride in the White House
“The DC (Washington) Fire Department was called in to assess and quickly determined that the object was not dangerous,” the Secret Service added. The cause and manner in which the substance entered the White Housethe spokesman said.
The Washington Post reported that “a firefighter with the Washington DC department’s hazardous materials team radioed the results of a test” of the object, citing an online emergency response communications database.
The radio message read: “We have a yellow bar that says cocaine hydrochloride.” Two “officials familiar with the matter” confirmed to the newspaper that the substance found in the White House was cocaine.
The object was discovered in the West Wingthe spokesman said. It is an area attached to the executive mansion where the president lives and includes the Oval Office, the cabinet room and the press area, as well as offices and work spaces for the president’s advisers and staff.
President Joe Biden was not in the White House at that moment. Hundreds of people work or regularly pass through the West Wing.
Source: Ambito
