Dantewada, July 12 -- Security forces recovered arms, explosives, cash and a gold biscuit worth around Rs 18 lakh during an anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, officials said.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs, security personnel launched a search operation in the forests of Todma village under the Barsur police station limits.

During the operation, the forces seized a 116-gram gold biscuit worth around Rs 16 lakh, Rs 2 lakh in cash, an INSAS rifle, 16 INSAS magazines, four AK-47 magazines, 23 SLR magazines, five 12-bore guns and three BGL launchers.

The security personnel also recovered a large quantity of explosives and bomb-making materials, including tiffin bombs, pipe bombs, arrow bombs, grenades, two c...