White House Evacuation Sparked by “White Powder,” Investigation Underway

There was a short evacuation when the suspicious “white powdered substance” was discovered in the White House, according to sources on Tuesday.

The Washington Post reported that on Sunday night, the US Secret Service discovered a suspicious material at the White House.

The law enforcement officials further said that the team is now looking into the same.

The substance, a white powder, tested positively for cocaine in a preliminary test, according to the article, which quoted an official and included the audio of a communication from the Washington, D.C. fire unit that reacted to the incident.

According to Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, investigators have determined how the white substance entered the White House.

Additionally, additional testing is being conducted to identify what it is. Guglielmi said, citing the fire department, that the drug “did not present a threat”.
Guglielmi, according to the story, also added that while President Joe Biden wasn’t in the White House at the time, the event led to a security alert and a quick evacuation of the Executive Mansion.

He emphasized that “an investigation into the cause and manner” of how the chemical reached the White House is underway, according to the article.

The representative, however, declined to comment on the item’s discovery location or its packaging.

He said that it was discovered by Secret Service Uniformed Division personnel who were conducting routine sweeps of the compound, according to the article.

According to The Washington Post, a firefighter from the department’s hazardous materials team captured the audio of a message from a DC fire unit that was timestamped at 8:49 pm.

He responded, “There’s a yellow bar that says cocaine hydrochloride,” according to the report.

The quantity of the chemical was defined as modest by a representative of the investigation, even if the precise amount has not been made public.