Federal and local authorities have uncovered an illegal biological laboratory operating inside a Las Vegas home owned by a Chinese national, triggering a full hazmat response by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Investigators removed more than 1,000 vials and containers of unknown liquids, along with lab equipment consistent with biosafety operations, from a locked garage. The property is linked to Jia Bei Zhu, who is already in custody in connection with a 2023 California case involving thousands of biological samples labeled as potential pathogens and alleged Chinese funding. Authorities say the purpose, origin, and risk of the materials remain unknown, underscoring a disturbing pattern of clandestine biolabs discovered in American communities.
OLas Vegas police, FBI, and hazmat
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