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If you left your cocaine at the White House, you're in the clear now

Jul 14, 2023, 01:10 IST
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The White House is seen, July 30, 2022, in Washington.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press
  • The Secret Service concluded their investigation into the cocaine bag without identifying any suspects.
  • The AP reports no DNA or fingerprints were found on the bag.
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Congratulations are in order for whoever left their bag of cocaine in the White House earlier this month. The Secret Service has concluded their investigation into the incident without identifying any suspects, CNN and the Associated Press were the first to report. And even more impressively for the culprit: No DNA or fingerprints were found on the coke-filled baggie.

"Without physical evidence, the investigation will not be able to single out a person of interest from the hundreds of individuals who passed through the vestibule where the cocaine was discovered," Secret Service officials said in a summary of the investigation.

The cocaine was discovered July 2 in the West Wing inside one of the cubbies where people leave their phones behind for tours, leading law enforcement agents to believe the perpetrator was likely a tourist. The discovery prompted a brief evacuation of the White House.

The cocaine was confirmed as cocaine by subsequent lab tests, and the Homeland Security's National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center eventually confirmed it posed no actual threat.

The FBI's crime laboratory was tasked with finding any fingerprints or DNA but somehow came up empty. Surveillance footage of the area also proved inconclusive, CNN reports, and the Secret Service wasn't even able to determine what day the drugs were left behind.

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