Effecting a major recovery of explosives in Naxal-hit areas, security forces have seized as many as 22 IEDs in the state.
The operation carried out by CRPF's special anti-Naxal operations force CoBRA and local police was carried out in Amwatikar and Manika areas of Latehar district of the state since yesterday.
A total of 22 live Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have been recovered in the operation, a senior official said.
The operation to locate more such explosives and defuse them are on, they said.
