White House evacuated after 'cocaine hydrochloride' found on grounds

The US Secret Service (USSS) rushed many outside of the White House on Sunday after it came across what was initially identified as an "unknown item."

"US Secret Service Uniform Division Officers located an unknown item on the White House complex," a spokesperson for the agency told Fox News. 

"As a precaution, the White House grounds were evacuated, and the DC Fire Departments Hazmat team responded."

A hazmat team deployed around 18th St and Pennsylvania Ave, with Secret Service moving in to close off paths surrounding the White House. USSS reportedly said nothing more about its discovery.

Now, a newly leaked audio clip reportedly coming from the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (DC Fire EMS) has revealed that the previously unknown substance tested positive for Cocaine Hydrochloride, a form of cocaine often used in order to help numb the inside of a nose before a procedure in addition to sometimes being abused for recreational purposes. 

US Customs and Border Protection has repeatedly seized cocaine hydrochlorine as it comes into the country. In May, CBP found 5.56 kilos of the drug. "Officers tested the substance with a handheld elemental isotope analysis tool and identified it as cocaine hydrochloride. The cocaine weighed 5.56 kilograms, or 12 pounds, four ounces, and has a street value of about $400,000." 

"Are you buying the story that nasal spray was found in the White House? You shouldn’t," PJ Media speculated. "According to Addiction Resources, 'Cocaine hydrochloride is a powder used in drug abuse or as a local anesthetic. Abusing cocaine hydrochloride can result in adverse side effects and risks. Cocaine can be processed to produce three different forms of the drug: cocaine hydrochloride, freebase cocaine, and crack cocaine.'"

They went on to assert that "Despite the best efforts of some to insinuate that the cocaine hydrochloride found at the White House was innocuous nasal spray, it is highly probable that it was simply a bag of cocaine. There’s been no official indication that it was nasal spray, and the lack of interest in the story by the mainstream media raises some red flags. On top of that, we know that Hunter Biden, a supposedly 'recovering' drug addict, was recently at the White House for a state dinner."

This news comes after Joe Biden took his son, Hunter, to Camp David for two straight weekends, with the dynamic duo traveling on the Marine One helicopter at Fort McNair in Washington, DC. Hunter was also seen appearing as a White House guest at a state dinner held for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi near the end of last month, which also happened to be his first visit back since he agreed to a Department of Justice plea offering regarding two misdemeanors and avoiding a federal gun charge, which some have described as a "sweetheart deal."

The headline has been updated to show the technical term for the drug per law enforcement.