The security personnel detected wire lying on the road between Fadinga-Turang villages during routine long-range patrolling in the naxal-infested area yesterday, Superintendent of Police Anis Gupta said.
They used deep search metal detector to spot the explosives, which were coated with carbon, he said
The can bombs, each weighing between 15 to 20 kg, were connected in a series.
All the bombs have been defused, he said.
The search operation was led by the Additional Superintendent of Police (Ops) P R Mishra and Sub-divisional Police Officer A Singh.