Letters containing suspicious white powder despatched to lawmakers, officers throughout Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan. — Letters containing suspicious white powder have been despatched to lawmakers and different public officers throughout Kansas, officers introduced Friday.

No accidents have been reported, in keeping with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. It had counted greater than 30 letters as of late Friday afternoon. The information launch didn’t present particulars in regards to the consistency of the white powder.

In emails despatched to legislators and obtained by The Topeka Capital-Journal, Tom Day, director of Legislative Administrative Services, stated the Kansas Highway Patrol had knowledgeable his workplace of the letters, which comprise a return handle of both Kansas City or Topeka.

The letters had been despatched to legislators at their properties and have been turned over to the KBI and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Day wrote.

Other businesses concerned within the investigation embrace the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of the State Fire Marshal and native police and hearth departments.