Overview

• An envelope containing a suspicious white powder was handed in at the Witten police station on Thursday.
• Firefighters were alerted at 15:51 and established a large cordon as a precaution.
• Roughly 30 fire service personnel and an environmental special response unit were deployed to the scene.
• People inside the station were initially kept from leaving, then were allowed to exit after checks.
• The operation ended by about 18:30 when responders confirmed the packet was sealed and no powder had leaked.