Police have arrested four Chinese nationals from Kathmandu on the charge of their involvement in the recent gold smuggling case.

Deputy Inspector General of Police Kuber Kadayat, who is also Nepal Police spokesperson, said the Kathmandu District Court remanded them to judicial custody on Wednesday.

According to him, three of the arrestees are male and one is female.

He said their involvement in the case is being investigated.

On July 18, the Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) seized the smuggled gold at Sinamangal, Kathmandu right after it cleared customs at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) undetected. The gold, packed in eight sealed cartons, was then sent to the mint division of the central bank for weighing. The gross weight of the consignment seized was determined to be 155kg.

The mint division of Nepal Rastra Bank on Tuesday melted the gold smuggled in as motorcycle brake shoes to ascertain its quantity. The division has weighed 60.716 kgs of the smuggled precious metal, whose quality they hope to determine within a week.