Lawmakers are calling for immediate investigations and stricter controls after authorities uncovered a suspected unauthorized biological laboratory operating right inside a Las Vegas home. The circumstances around the situation, its connections to a bigger lab in California, and the contents of the lab are fueling major concerns about national security and potential foreign ties.
The property was discovered because of its link to Jia Bei Zhu, a Chinese citizen, who is in federal custody because of a biolab found last year in Reedley, California. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff, Kevin McMahill, confirmed that investigators located more than 1,000 pieces of evidence containing “potential biological and hazardous materials.”
