A suspicious white-coloured substance found at the White House over the weekend has been identified as cocaine, reported Al Jazeera citing the United States media outlets. The powder was found by Secret Service agents in a publicly accessible area of the West Wing on Sunday around 8:45 pm local time, prompting the evacuation of the complex for a brief moment.

President Joe Biden wasn't present at the time. Instead, he was spending the weekend at Camp David, the presidential retreat. Fire and emergency service personnel arrived to conduct quick testing on the material. These preliminary examinations revealed that the powder was cocaine. Soon later, the White House reopened, and the powder was sent for more testing.