KATHMANDU, June 14 (Reuters) - Nepali police broke up a protest by Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu on Saturday and detained 182 people for organising anti-China demonstrations.

Protesters demanding a "free Tibet" came in minibuses, some of which were also seized. All the detained protesters will be freed later on Saturday, police said.

More than 20,000 Tibetans now live in exile in neighbouring Nepal following a failed uprising against Chinese rule in the region in 1959.

They have been protesting almost every day since the Chinese crackdown in Tibet in March. (Reporting by Gopal Sharma; Editing by Jonathan Allen and Tim Castle)

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