Traces of a class A drug, believed to be cocaine, were found on the Chevening estate last summer, days before Liz Truss won her Conservative leadership race and was nominated for the post of Prime Minister.
The information comes to us from guardian, which, according to their sources, indicates that a staff member tested the powder with a Q-tip. Result: it would have changed color, attesting to the presence of cocaine.
Chevening is a resting place traditionally given to the Foreign Secretary, a position held by Liz Truss until the end of the summer.
Also according to the British media, the staff working in this country house would have twice found gunpowder residue on a table, in a games room, where Liz Truss organized parties.
Separate sources have also told the guardian Similar deposits having been found in the offices of 10 Downing Street, following two lockdown parties organized when Boris Johnson was Prime Minister. This “Partygate”, widely publicized by the press in recent months, has already greatly disturbed the image of “BoJo”, who has since resigned.
Supporters of Truss and Johnson deny
However, there is no evidence that Liz Truss and Boris Johnson used the drug themselves or were aware of its use by guests. Neither one nor the other wanted to answer personally to the questions of the guardian.
However, in an online statement, one of the spokespersons for Liz Truss, now a former prime minister, stated: “This is categorically false.”
“Had there been evidence that this alleged activity had occurred while wearing Chevening, Ms Truss would have expected that she would be informed and that the matter would be properly investigated by the appropriate authorities,” he said, later adding.
The Foreign Office also declined to comment on the allegations about activities in Chevening.
“Boris Johnson is surprised by these allegations, as he was never made aware of any suggestion of drug use at 10 Downing Street and, to his knowledge, no such allegation has been made against Sue Gray. of the report on the “Partygate”) or to all the other investigators”, reacted a spokesman of “BoJo”.
In the UK, possession of cocaine is a criminal offence, punishable by up to seven years in prison or an unlimited fine. Last July, the government even toughened the punishment for casual drug addicts, confiscating their passports.
Source: BFM TV
