Suspected Las Vegas ‘Biological Lab’ Reportedly Has Ties To Illegal Chinese-Run Lab In California

A Las Vegas home the FBI raided Saturday — alleged to contain a potential biological laboratory — is owned by a Chinese-run company connected to an illegal biolab in California, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Local Las Vegas authorities and the FBI found “refrigerators with vials containing unknown liquids” inside the Nevada home, and the city’s Metro SWAT team served a warrant to search the home for a “biological laboratory,” according to multiple local outlets. The registered agent of the limited liability company (LLC) that bought the Las Vegas home in 2022 is the same Chinese national in federal custody as part of the ongoing investigation into the illegal California biolab, the Hill reported.

Jia Bei Zhu, 64, and his romantic business partner, Zhaoyan Wang, are listed as owners of the Sugar Springs residence, property records show, and Zhu’s LLC appears to also own a warehouse location in Las Vegas, according to the Hill.

Zhu was arrested in October 2023 for manufacturing and distributing misbranded medical devices from an illegal biolab in Reedley, Ca. Some products, such as pregnancy tests, would also be shipped from China to an address in Las Vegas, according