The authorities reported on Sunday that the woman suspected of sending an envelope consisting of ricin to white house has been arrested. This is after the woman has sent a letter containing poisonous ricin to President Donald Trump.
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On Saturday an official said, “The package, addressed to President Donald Trump, was intercepted by federal authorities in the past week.”
The officials also reported that the woman was taken into U.S Customs and Border Protection officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo and is expected to face federal charges, however, the officials did not disclose the woman’s name.
“At this time, there is no known threat to public safety,” said the FBI.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ricin is a poison found naturally in castor beans. If castor beans are chewed and swallowed, the released ricin can cause injury. Ricin can be made from the waste material left over from processing castor beans. It can be a form of powder, mist, or a pellet, or it can be dissolved in water or weak acid.
In 2018, the similar incident happened where a federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against a Utah man, alleging that he threatened President Donald Trump and other administration officials in letters, some of which contained the natural ingredients which ricin is made out of.
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Because of that, a series of suspicious letters were addressed to Trump, the then-Defense Secretary James Mattis, FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director Gina Haspel and the others.
