{"id":9542,"date":"2023-07-04T21:26:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T21:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=9542"},"modified":"2023-11-01T11:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T11:09:28","slug":"breaking-news-united-states-secret-service-investigating-cocaine-discovered-inside-the-white-house-a-washington-d-c-fire-radio-department-radio-dispatch-said-the-powdery-substance-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/breaking-news-united-states-secret-service-investigating-cocaine-discovered-inside-the-white-house-a-washington-d-c-fire-radio-department-radio-dispatch-said-the-powdery-substance-found\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Secret Service investigating COCAINE discovered inside The WHITE HOUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"

BREAKING NEWS:<\/b><\/p>\n

United States Secret Service investigating COCAINE discovered inside The WHITE HOUSE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 A Washington, D.C., fire radio department radio dispatch said the powdery substance found in the West Wing \u2018work area\u2019 tested positive<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

*Brief evacuation after substance was found in a small, dime-sized bag<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

* Item sent for further evaluation, investigation into the cause commences and manner of how it entered the White House is pending<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

*President Joe Biden not at the White House at the time the substance was discovered; left for Camp David earlier<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

*”On Sunday evening, the White House complex went into a precautionary closure as officers from the Secret Service Uniformed Division investigated an unknown item found inside a work area\u201d-Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Secret Service<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

*BY SAMSON SHOAGA\/<\/b>Group MANAGING EDITOR reporting LIVE in Washington <\/i><\/b>DC & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/<\/b>AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

THE WORLD IS STILL AT A SHOCK of how a white powdery substance analyzed to be \u2018Cocaine\u2019 was discovered at the \u2018work-area\u2019 of the West Wing in spite of all tight security in place to prevent a breakdown of law and order. Instantly, evacuation began and the West Wing was on lock down for some hours as investigation began. The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a \u201csmall amount\u201d of a \u201cwhite, powdery substance\u201d discovered in a \u201cwork area in the West Wing\u201d on Sunday, a Secret Service official said.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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The substance-which tested positive for cocaine on a preliminary field test, according to a source familiar with the investigation-led to a brief evacuation inside the White House Sunday night. The source added the substance was found in a small, dime-sized bag.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The Secret Service is testing the substance, which they determined was “non-hazardous,” and said in a statement they are investigating the matter.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

“On Sunday evening, the White House complex went into a precautionary closure as officers from the Secret Service Uniformed Division investigated an unknown item found inside a work area,” Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Secret Service, said. “The DC Fire Department was called to evaluate and quickly determined the item to be non-hazardous. The item was sent for further evaluation and an investigation into the cause and manner of how it entered the White House is pending.”<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

President Joe Biden was not at the White House at the time the substance was discovered; he left for Camp David on Friday, returning to Washington on Tuesday morning.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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