A illegal bio lab located in Las Vegas. The CDC identified at least 20 potentially infectious agents, including HIV, tuberculosis, and the deadliest form of malaria.
A illegal bio lab located in Las Vegas. The CDC identified at least 20 potentially infectious agents, including HIV, tuberculosis, and the deadliest form of malaria.
On February 2, 2026, authorities revealed that an illegal biological laboratory discovered in a **Las Vegas** home is linked to the owner of a previously shuttered unauthorized lab in Reedley, California. Investigators seized over 1,000 samples from the residence, including hazardous biological materials, and arrested a 55-year-old man identified as the property manager.
# The Las Vegas Discovery
The investigation began on Saturday, January 31, 2026, when SWAT officers and FBI agents served a search warrant at a home on **Sugar Springs Drive** in east Las Vegas.
* **Seized Materials:** Law enforcement found multiple refrigerators, a freezer, and numerous containers holding unknown liquid substances.
* **The Connection:** The home is owned by **Jia Bei Zhu**, a Chinese national already in federal custody following the 2023 discovery of a similar illegal lab in Reedley, California.
* **Testing:** Samples were sent to an FBI laboratory in Maryland for extensive testing; however, officials stated there is no immediate threat to the public.
# Link to the 2023 Reedley, California Lab
The Las Vegas site is considered a potential offshoot of the unauthorized lab run by Zhu under the company names **Universal Meditech Inc.** and **Prestige Biotech Inc.**.
* **Pathogens Identified:** During the 2023 investigation, the CDC identified at least **20 infectious agents** at the Reedley facility, including:
* Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV 1 and 2).
* Tuberculosis (*Chlamydia trachomatis*).
* Malaria.
* SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
* Hepatitis B and C, Dengue, and Herpes.
* **Genetically Modified Mice:** The California lab contained nearly 1,000 “transgenic” mice engineered to mimic the human immune system for COVID-19 antibody testing.
# Legal and Legislative Fallout
Jia Bei Zhu (also known as David He) was originally arrested for manufacturing misbranded medical devices and lying to the FDA. Following the new discovery in Las Vegas, Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) has urged a hearing on the **Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2025** to close regulatory loopholes that allow such facilities to operate without federal oversight.
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On February 2, 2026, authorities revealed that an illegal biological laboratory discovered in a **Las Vegas** home is linked to the owner of a previously shuttered unauthorized lab in Reedley, California. Investigators seized over 1,000 samples from the residence, including hazardous biological materials, and arrested a 55-year-old man identified as the property manager.
# The Las Vegas Discovery
The investigation began on Saturday, January 31, 2026, when SWAT officers and FBI agents served a search warrant at a home on **Sugar Springs Drive** in east Las Vegas.
* **Seized Materials:** Law enforcement found multiple refrigerators, a freezer, and numerous containers holding unknown liquid substances.
* **The Connection:** The home is owned by **Jia Bei Zhu**, a Chinese national already in federal custody following the 2023 discovery of a similar illegal lab in Reedley, California.
* **Testing:** Samples were sent to an FBI laboratory in Maryland for extensive testing; however, officials stated there is no immediate threat to the public.
# Link to the 2023 Reedley, California Lab
The Las Vegas site is considered a potential offshoot of the unauthorized lab run by Zhu under the company names **Universal Meditech Inc.** and **Prestige Biotech Inc.**.
* **Pathogens Identified:** During the 2023 investigation, the CDC identified at least **20 infectious agents** at the Reedley facility, including:
* Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV 1 and 2).
* Tuberculosis (*Chlamydia trachomatis*).
* Malaria.
* SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
* Hepatitis B and C, Dengue, and Herpes.
* **Genetically Modified Mice:** The California lab contained nearly 1,000 “transgenic” mice engineered to mimic the human immune system for COVID-19 antibody testing.
# Legal and Legislative Fallout
Jia Bei Zhu (also known as David He) was originally arrested for manufacturing misbranded medical devices and lying to the FDA. Following the new discovery in Las Vegas, Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) has urged a hearing on the **Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2025** to close regulatory loopholes that allow such facilities to operate without federal oversight.
[Video: Suspicious Biolab found in Las Vegas Home](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD2EZjD9Dlw)
This video provides on-the-ground reporting and visuals of the investigation into the unauthorized biological materials found in residential settings.
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How fun
What is the purpose of an illegal bio lab
That’s an odd hobby
what happens in vegas is…contagious
No danger to the public the News said.
Will be interesting to see the Fallout from this.
What why?
https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-biolab-swat-arrest-2599fad2d8e92033829c47a3602e379b
Sounds like a Chinese sleeper agent here to cause mischief. The CIA should take this guy off site to a balcksite for “debriefing”.
Sounds just like a regular Vegas brothel
Vegas, the city of fake fun!
And now, lots of diseases!
This guy had MAJOR funding directly from China. I’m not certain how this is not seen as an act or terror or war.
New fear unlocked.
Was it an illegal biolab or just my date for the night
Its always fucking china
I thought this was America? What do you mean I can’t have weaponized anthrax in my garage fridge?
Can we get my man a new hazmat suit, not loving the tape job
Tracks for this timeline
Nice catch…
So now “Doing my own research” is against the law. I thought this was America!
This how we are all going to die. Probably with three years, five at most.
That’s fun, glad this is a thing
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Hope it stays in Vegas!
‘Cause that’s what it’s supposed to do – stay in Vegas. Right? Right?!
I’m surprised they still accept that diseases exist.
The seems like the exact plot of the video game The Division. Glad they stopped it from becoming something more than this.
Damn govment getting in everybody’s business so that a man can’t even have a hobby.
Umbrella
This is how resident evil began
And yet Drumpf keeps cutting CDC funding.
Just make meth like the rest of us normal folk
The same guy again and he’s in jail.
Probably a great day/week to use them sick days. Fuck that.. I don’t care if I’m in the best HAZMAT suit ever.. that’s gonna suck
Where do you keep the beer?
Behind the HIV and Ebola Petri dishes!
The least deadly form of Malaria is probably out there getting stronger thanks to illegal bio labs like this.
Damn, I had no idea that tourism in Vegas was down enough that they had to start selling bootleg vaccines to make ends meet
Why tf don’t guys with these labs ever do anything cool like engineer superpowers
Breaking bad sequel