MACAU: The Judiciary Police of Macau has apprehended 12 Nepali nationals for allegedly circulating videos of child pornography, according to the police department.

According to the local police, the 12 Nepalis are all security guards, including a 27-year-old working for the government police force, the Macau Daily reported.

A number of individuals had been sharing videos of child pornography on Facebook between April and May.

An Interpol investigation revealed that the victim in the video was a foreign girl. The concerned video was around two minutes and 30 seconds in length.

Police were able to identify the location of the 12 people. On Monday morning, the police authority took action to apprehend these men.

Some were directly apprehended from two security company offices in the central and northern districts while the rest were apprehended at their apartments.

While 10 of the suspects confessed to sharing the video, two have refused to cooperate with the police officers, reports said.

The police pledged to continue investigating the source of the video, including identifying the filmmaker.

Earlier, in August, a group of 11 Nepali nationals were arrested for the same crime.

(With inputs from Macau Times)