The US Secret Service says one person is under arrest after climbing a fence and entering the south grounds of the White House, AP reports. The breach reportedly took place shortly before midnight on Friday while President Donald Trump was in residence.
A backpack being carried by the intruder, who CNN reports was a man, was searched but found to contain no hazardous materials.
The security agency reportedly said that the unnamed individual was arrested without further incident.
A subsequent search of the south and north grounds found “nothing of concern to security operations,” the Secret Service was quoted as saying by AP. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly was briefed on the incident.
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