Malkangiri: The Border Security Force (BSF) discovered explosives, including IED and a few more items, in a Maoist camp in the jungles of Malkangiri district in Odisha, a source said Wednesday.
The haul was seized Tuesday by the troops of the 2nd battalion of the force from under a rock cavity formed along the foothills of the Tulsi Dongri reserve forest.
An Improvised Explosive Device weighing about 1.5 kg and packed in a steel tiffin, explosive powder weighing about 300 gm, a solar plate and wire, iron-cutter and some other items were recovered by the troops during a patrol, official sources said.
The troops destroyed the IED and a potential threat to security forces and locals was neutralised, they said.
The BSF is deployed in Odisha for anti-Naxal operations in the state and along its borders with Chhattisgarh.
PTI