A state Department of Corrections mail screener found a suspicious powder in a package addressed to an inmate at a prison in the Southwest Valley over the weekend.

Preliminary tests at the Arizona Prison Complex-Perryville showed the powder was likely manufactured for use in a protein drink, but a sample was sent to a state lab for full evaluation, said Russ Braden, a spokesman for the Goodyear Fire Department.

"We felt pretty comfortable that it wasn't something harmful, but we still wanted to check," Braden said.

The mail screener told firefighters that the substance touched his skin. He also said he may have inhaled some of the powder. He was isolated and directed to take a shower before he was examined by a medical crew, Braden said.

The package was sent from Mexico. Evidence was turned over to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Braden said.

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