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PHX PD investigates powder found on arrested man

Posted at 12:29 PM, Dec 01, 2015
and last updated 2015-12-01 14:29:20-05

White powder found on a man arrested Tuesday morning prompted an investigation in Phoenix.

The call for a hazardous situation happened around 10:45 a.m. on Central Avenue, just north of Elwood Street near a Phoenix Police Department substation.

The man was uncooperative and initially taken into custody on a golf course in a maintenance shed, according to police.

Phoenix fire crews investigated the scene as a hazardous situation.

"As suspected, the substance was not harmful," police said. "Turned out to be cornstarch."