Suspicious substance found in letter sent to Obama

April 17, 2013 21:51

A "suspicious substance" was found in a letter sent to US President Barack Obama, the US Secret Service said today.

"On 4-16-13, a letter addressed to the (US) president containing a suspicious substance was received at the remote White House mail screening facility. This facility routinely identifies letters or parcels that require secondary screening or scientific testing before delivery," a spokesman of the US Secret Service said.

The Secret Service White House mail screening facility is a remote facility, not located near the White House complex, that all White House mail goes through.

"The Secret Service is working closely with the US Capitol Police and the FBI in this investigation," the Secret Service said.

The White House has been put under heightened security alert after Monday's bomb blast in Boston that killed threepersons and injured more than 170.

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