Capitol Police are investigating after a one-inch ziplock bag of cocaine was found in a “busy” area just blocks from the U.S. Capitol building.
The illicit drug was found on the second floor of the United States Capitol Police (USCP) headquarters on Wednesday shortly before 1:00 pm ET.
It was discovered just months after Joe Biden’s administration was plagued by scandal after a bag of white powder, which tested positive for cocaine, was found in a White House cubicle.
Capitol Police said they are investigating an “approximately one inch by one inch ziplock bag containing a small amount of a white powdery substance, which field tested positive for cocaine.”
“The hallway is on the second floor in an area that has been a storage location for furniture and supplies,” the USCP said in a statement.
‘The area is heavily traveled by various contractors and employees. It is also close to offices such as Prisoner Processing, Crime Scene, Information and Report Processing.’
United States Capitol Police: USCP is investigating an approximately one-inch by one-inch zip-top bag containing a small amount of a white powdery substance, which field tested positive for cocaine.
After it was found and reported, the residue was tested in the field and tested positive for cocaine, according to the release.
‘The USCP Investigations Division has opened an investigation, which will include additional testing, including DNA testing from the baggie. We will provide more information when it becomes available.’
Over the summer, cocaine was found in a telephone locker in President Joe Biden’s White House.
DailyMail.com obtained photographs taken by the Secret Service that included images of the bag of white powder found in a cubby used to store personal belongings near the West Executive Entrance of the White House in response to a Freedom Act request. of information.
Cocaine was found in locker number 50 on Sunday, July 2, while the Biden family, including son Hunter, spent the weekend at Camp David ahead of the July 4 holiday.
The discovery prompted an evacuation of the West Wing and the closure of streets around the White House and then triggered an 11-day investigation once the substance was identified as the illicit drug.
Documents obtained by DailyMail.com also show that FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate was involved in the investigation, which embroiled the Biden administration in scandal this summer.
Capitol Police investigating after bag of cocaine found in ‘busy’ area
The Secret Service closed the investigation in less than two weeks due to “lack of evidence.”
The list of suspects had been narrowed to 500, but security footage could not determine the owner since the cameras are not pointed at the locker area.
It is unclear if any suspects were interviewed during the brief investigation.
The lockers are not assigned to specific staff, a source familiar with the setup told DailyMail.com, but instead guests can choose a locker to use and then grab a key.
They are used by people who are outside visitors to the West Wing, not by White House or Executive Office of the President staff.
The same source also said that someone who was taking a tour was the most likely culprit because anyone with any knowledge of the White House would know that there is a bathroom a few steps away where the contraband could have been dumped.
Documents obtained by DailyMail.com include real-time updates, such as a description that a 1” by 1” bag of white powdery substance was found near where pass holders placed their phones upon entering the facility. [redacted].’
Another document said the individual who found the cocaine “was confident it was drug related.”
Secret Service officials noted that the president was at Camp David and Vice President Kamala Harris was in Los Angeles at the time of the discovery.
“There was no media coverage of this incident at the time,” an initial Secret Service document says.
Once news of the incident broke, documents show that Secret Service officials argued with reporters over whether the powder was cocaine.
The Secret Service also had to set the record straight about where it was found, as early reports of the incident said the cocaine was discovered in the White House library, then in the West Wing lobby, and finally in the office cubicles. the west executive entrance.
Cocaine was found in locker number 50 on Sunday, July 2, while the Biden family, including son Hunter, spent the weekend at Camp David ahead of the July 4 holiday.
Documents obtained by DailyMail.com also show that FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate was involved in the investigation, which embroiled the Biden administration in scandal this summer.
An initial test by the DC Fire Department’s hazardous materials team tested positive for opioids and amphetamines, while early tests by the Secret Service were inconclusive.
‘They’re likely to go with what they got from the DC fire. I can only speak to what the Secret Service is doing and we have sent it for formalized testing. “Not to say the DC fire is wrong, but we have a different process,” the Secret Service communications chief says in an email amid the flurry of media requests.
The FBI then intervened — at the request of Secret Service executive leadership, according to one document — and sent the sample to a lab in Quantico.