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Secret Service confirms cocaine was

found in White House
The substance was initially found in the West Wing of the White House

By Patrick Hauf , Mark Meredith | Fox News

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Suspected cocaine found at White House

Correspondent Mark Meredith reports the latest on the discovery from the White House.

The substance found Sunday in the White House tested positive as cocaine, the Secret
Service confirmed to Fox News.

The substance was initially found in the West Wing of the White House by a member of
the Secret Service, which sparked an evacuation of the building and emergency response.
A test was then conducted on the substance, which came back positive for cocaine, a
spokesman for the Secret Service told Fox News on Wednesday.

WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS EVACUATED AFTER SECRET SERVICE DISCOVERS 'UNKNOWN

ITEM'

The substance found Sunday in the White House tested positive as cocaine, the Secret Service confirmed to Fox News.
(Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

President Biden was at Camp David at the time of the discovery of the substance. The
president's son, Hunter, who is a recovered crack cocaine addict, was also at Camp David
at the time of discovery.

But officials said the investigation into who brought the drug into the White House is
ongoing. The cocaine was found in an area of the West Wing that is used by both guests
and staff.

A hazmat team was called in response to the discovery of the substance to the area of
18th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The Secret Service blocked roads surrounding the
White House.

SECRET SERVICE INVESTIGATING SUSPECTED COCAINE DISCOVERED INSIDE WHITE

HOUSE

A test was conducted on the substance found at the White House, which came back positive for cocaine, a spokesman for
the Secret Service told Fox News on Wednesday. (Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

"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," the U.S. Secret Service previously told Fox News Digital. "The DC Fire
Department was called to evaluate and quickly determined the item to be non-hazardous."

Patrick Hauf is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

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