Nepal, Oct. 8 -- Police have found the alleged involvement of three Chinese nationals in the 21 kilograms of gold seized from Budhanilkantha in Kathmandu on Thursday, according to investigators.

An officer at the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office in Teku told Kantipur that the Chinese nationals had allegedly stored the smuggled gold with the help of a Nepali citizen. Police had been conducting surveillance of the location for more than a week on suspicion that the gold was being stored, according to the source.

Of the seized gold, 11 kilograms were in processed form, while another 10 kilograms were being kept for processing, police said.

Information about the suspected storage of the gold had also reached Home Minister Sudan ...