Manure 'bomb scare' near US official Mnuchin's home

Image source, Reuters

Image caption, The package was found near Mr Mnuchin's Bel-Air home

A suspicious package that turned out to contain horse manure sparked a bomb scare near the Los Angeles home of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, reports say.

The gift-wrapped manure was found at 19:40 (03:40 GMT) at the home next to Mr Mnuchin's in Bel-Air, police said.

Police cleared the package an hour later and the Secret Service is investigating, CBS said.

Neighbours told local media of their irritation at the incident.

"We have $50 million homes and we can't move, we can't get out," actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's widower .

"That's bad, they have to find another way."