A girl suspected of sending envelopes containing the poison ricin, which have been addressed to the White House and different locations in Texas and will have come from Canada, is anticipated to seem in federal court docket in Buffalo, New York, Tuesday.
Officers within the U.S. say the letter going to Washington, D.C., had been intercepted earlier this week earlier than it reached the White Home.
The Mounties raided the girl’s residence in Montreal on Monday and stated they didn’t know if she lived there, however added that there was a transparent hyperlink between her and that residence.
International Information has realized the identification of the Quebec girl arrested.
Pascale Ferrier was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Safety officers on the Peace Bridge border crossing in Fort Erie, Ont., sources have confirmed.
The RCMP’s Chemical, Organic, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives workforce is main the operation with help from native police and firefighters.
The house is positioned in a multi-unit constructing on Vauquelin Blvd. in St-Hubert, Que., bordering a forest and never removed from an airport.
Canadian legislation enforcement was referred to as in to assist the FBI examine after American authorities discovered proof the suspicious letter to the White Home had originated in Canada.
— With information from International Information
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