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Office of Germany's Econ. Minister receives envelope with white powder

 
 German Economy and Climate Change Minister Robert Habeck gestures during a news conference on measures to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions and Germany's dependance on Russian energy imports amid the Russian war on Ukraine, in Berlin, April 6, 2022. (photo credit: REUTERS/CHRISTIAN MANG)
German Economy and Climate Change Minister Robert Habeck gestures during a news conference on measures to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions and Germany's dependance on Russian energy imports amid the Russian war on Ukraine, in Berlin, April 6, 2022.
(photo credit: REUTERS/CHRISTIAN MANG)

The police operation lasted two hours, and the white substance was subsequently removed from the building by the fire brigade in a container.

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck's constituency office in northern Germany said on Thursday that it had received an envelope containing a white substance, prompting a large-scale police operation.

Employees of the office in Flensburg, near the border with Denmark, brought the envelope to police at 3:50 p.m., who subsequently alerted the fire brigade, police said in a statement issued late Wednesday.

The police operation lasted two hours, and the white substance was subsequently removed from the building by the fire brigade in a container.

Police said that no damage had been caused and no one's health had been impacted.

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"An analysis of the powder has been initiated - the result is still pending," police said in the statement.

 White powder (credit: WALLPAPER FLARE)
White powder (credit: WALLPAPER FLARE)

Flensburg police could not be reached for further comment.

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