Federal agents seized over 1,000 mysterious biological samples from a Las Vegas home owned by a Chinese national already charged in California’s infamous illegal biolab scandal—what dangerous secrets did they uncover?
FBI Raid Targets Las Vegas Residence Linked to Reedley Biolab
FBI agents and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department raided a northeast Las Vegas home on Sugar Springs Drive Saturday morning in late January 2026. The property belongs to an LLC connected to Jia Bei Zhu, a 62-year-old Chinese citizen facing charges from the 2023 Reedley illegal biolab case. Hazardous materials teams entered the residence, seizing over 1,000 samples of suspected biological materials. Zhu, also known as Qiang He or David He, co-owns the site with Zhaoyan Wang, his business and romantic partner. This residential setup marks a shift from Reedley’s warehouse-scale operation.
Reedley Origins: Plumbing Complaint Exposes Massive Illegal Operation
Reedley code enforcement received a complaint on December 18, 2022, about unpermitted plumbing at Prestige Biotech’s warehouse. Inspectors entered the next day, discovering COVID-19 test kit manufacturing and shipping. Inside, authorities found blood and tissue samples, serums, thousands of unlabeled vials, and nearly 1,000 transgenic mice engineered for COVID-19 research. Zhu and Wang ran Prestige Biotech and Universal Meditech Inc., importing and producing unapproved test kits for HIV, pregnancy, and urinalysis from December 2020 to March 2023. They sold hundreds of thousands via Amazon to U.S. and China customers.
LAS VEGAS PD AND FBI RAID BIO LAB
According to LVMPD, a bio lab was found in a Las Vegas home.
FBI hazmat units were deployed and retrieved vials of “unknown liquids”
LVPD asserts that “everyone is safe at the moment”.
Lots of unanswered questions at the moment but… pic.twitter.com/RckKj1GIpy
— Comfort Eagle (@ComfortEagle1) February 1, 2026
Zhu’s Arrest and Deceptive Ties to Las Vegas
U.S. Department of Justice arrested Zhu in October 2023 for manufacturing and distributing misbranded devices plus false statements to the FDA. Zhu denied operations at the Reedley site and shipments to a Las Vegas address, despite records showing 47,500 pregnancy test kits arriving from China to Universal Meditech there. FDA probes revealed his false identity claims. The Las Vegas property raid directly targets this network’s personal extension, distinguishing it from corporate fronts through direct LLC ownership by Zhu and Wang.
Official Response and Ongoing Investigation
On February 2, 2026, Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill confirmed the seizure of over 1,000 samples from the raided home, noting raids on two east Las Vegas properties that Saturday. McMahill withheld the suspect’s name, declaring no threat to the public and describing the incident as isolated. FBI and LVMPD continue investigating potential illegal biolab activity, with hazardous teams processing evidence. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party previously flagged Reedley as a biosecurity risk due to unlabeled bio-materials and foreign ties.
⚠️Biolab Alert⚠️
The FBI just conducted a 16+ hour raid on a residential home in Las Vegas, that had a “biolab” inside, and one person is in custody.
Specialized FBI hazmat units found refrigerators with vials of biological material.
Local police claim this is an isolated… pic.twitter.com/K5xMu9bqMF
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) February 1, 2026
Biosecurity Risks and Broader Implications
Short-term containment limits immediate danger, but long-term fallout promises stricter FDA oversight on imported diagnostics. Unregulated Chinese operations exploited COVID demand, shipping hazardous substances nationwide. Common sense demands vigilance against covert biolabs in residential areas—facts align with conservative priorities of border security and protecting American communities from foreign biosecurity threats. Political debates intensify U.S.-China tensions, disrupting illicit markets while challenging legitimate biotech firms.
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FBI Raid in Las Vegas Possibly Linked to California Biolab
Over 1,000 samples seized from Las Vegas property