Police have seized a rifle and some explosives which Naxals were allegedly planning to use to ambush security forces in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, officials said on Sunday.

Acting on an information about the rebels gathering in large numbers in a forest here against the backdrop of 'Naxal week' being observed by them, the Gadchiroli police's C-60 commandos conducted an anti-Naxal operation on Saturday in Hetalkasa forest area.