Overview
- SWAT, FBI and Las Vegas police executed a warrant at a Sugar Springs Drive residence and found refrigerators with vials of unknown liquids and other lab equipment inside a locked garage.
- More than 1,000 samples were collected, secured at the Southern Nevada Health District, and flown on an FBI aircraft to the National Bioforensic Analysis Center in Maryland for testing.
- Property records show the home is owned by an LLC tied to Jia Bei Zhu, who faces federal charges linked to a 2023 Reedley, California, illegal lab case, though officials have only cited the ownership link so far.
- Authorities arrested 55-year-old property manager Ori Solomon on a felony hazardous‑waste disposal charge in connection with the Las Vegas site.
- Officials said there is no identified threat to the community as the multi‑agency investigation continues, including searches of roughly 20 additional locations with no concerning findings reported to date.