Kathmandu, Oct. 19 -- Police are searching for Nepali accomplices in a suspected gold smuggling network after recovering 21.75 kg of gold earlier this month from a house in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, where three Chinese nationals allegedly operated a processing unit.

The Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office started its investigations regarding who helped store the gold, distribute it or transport it to India. Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Khadka said investigators had yet to establish a Nepali connection.

"The three Chinese suspects have not cooperated much with the investigation, but we have sent the seized digital devices to a forensic laboratory, which may provide some information," Khadka told Kantipur. "We are inve...