ATLANTA — Officials confirmed Monday that a letter bound for Fulton County's election office that was intercepted last week, on the suspicion of being laced with fentanyl, in fact tested positive for opioids.
"A spokesman confirmed the letter sent to Fulton County Elections office tested positive for opioids after its interception," a Secretary of State's Office statement said.
Officials could not yet further confirm the specific type of opioid, with an FBI spokesman noting that definitive tests are still being conducted on the letter.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger shared on social media last Friday afternoon that federal law enforcement notified his office that the letter sent by "domestic terrorists" had been intercepted.
Raffensperger had addressed the media the day before, confirming that authorities were on the lookout for the potential threat. All Georgia counties were notified of the situation in case they were also sent these types of letters, the secretary said.
A release from Raffensperger's office stated that suspicious letters were sent to election offices in multiple states. According to a report from the Associated Press, four election offices in Washington state were evacuated due to suspicious envelopes containing fentanyl.
The AP reported that the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA) put out an advisory stating there was no immediate indication that any other election office in Georgia had been a target for the letters.
Fentanyl is an opioid that can be 50 times as powerful as the same amount of heroin, the AP reports. However, briefly touching it cannot cause an overdose and researchers have found that the risk of fatal overdose from accidental exposure is low.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.