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“A person has been arrested on suspicion of sending a suspicious letter,” the FBI said in a statement.
The detainee suspected of being behind the toxic shipment to Trump is a Canadian citizen, an anonymous source with information about the ongoing investigation tells the news agency. Reuters.
The package was discovered last week. during a routine check of mail to the White House and therefore did not reach the president.
Since then, the US police and intelligence services have investigated who is behind the shipment.
The border between the United States and Canada
The suspect was arrested at the US-Canadian border in Buffalo, New York, a border police chief told AFP. According to the US media, the suspect must have had a weapon at the time of arrest.
In the past, two people in two separate cases were sentenced to prison for sending ricin-tainted letters to Barack Obama during his time as president of the United States.
One of the most toxic substances in the world.
Ricin is found in the seeds of the plant of the same name and is one of the most toxic substances in the world. The toxic protein ricin can cause vomiting, internal bleeding, difficulty breathing, and lead to death.
