Police busted a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) camp during a combing operation in forest near Ampabali village under Pottangi Police Station limits in Koraput District of Odisha on February 23, reports The Pioneer. Based on a tipoff about the movement of the Maoists in the region, a joint team of the District Voluntary Force (DVF), Special Operations Group (SOG) and the Border Security Force (BSF) had launched a combing operation in Panabadi, Kamalabandh, Bailguda and Urlapadu area in the District, bordering Andhra Pradesh. During the search operation, the joint team recovered a gun, a rifle, hand grenades, electronic detonators, bulletproof metal plate, and explosives along with several items used by the Maoists. The items were recovered from three drums which were buried under the earth. Police suspected that the camp was being used by the Nandpur Area Committee of Koraput Division of the CPI-Maoist.