German police give all-clear following probe into suspicious packages

BERLIN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Local police found no traces of explosives and gave all-clear following an investigation into two suspicious postal items discovered in the German state Thueringen on Thursday, local media, MDR Thueringen, reported on its Twitter account.

Radioactive, chemical, or biological substances could also be excluded, said the MDR Thueringen.

Due to two suspicious postal items, the area around the State Chancellery of the German state Thueringen had been closed off for a while. Fire fighters and police were deployed to the ground.