![(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 2, 2018 US Defense Department personnel, wearing protective suits, screen mail as it arrives at a US government facility near the Pentagon in Washington, DC. US authorities have intercepted an envelope addressed to US President Donald Trump that contained a substance identified as the poison ricin, US media reported on September 19, 2020. / AFP / Thomas WATKINS](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ZTPXJMOENCXEGNWZRB5264YNOQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=ba52e95625c6d3f9727a6bf955241d430a15ae353c03642883faf51a1168901d&width=400&height=225)
US Defence Department personnel wear protective suits as they screen mail as it arrives at a US government centre near the Pentagon in Washington. AFP
US Defence Department personnel wear protective suits as they screen mail as it arrives at a US government centre near the Pentagon in Washington. AFP
Envelope with deadly poison ricin addressed to White House intercepted
The envelope was intercepted at a government mail centre before it arrived at the White House
Reuters
20 September, 2020