2026年2月5日 / 美国东部时间上午10:54 / CBS新闻
加州官员批评了对弗雷斯诺县郊区发现的一个生物实验室的联邦应对措施，此前周末在拉斯维加斯的一处住宅中发现了类似的生物实验室设置。
加州的这个实验室于2023年底在里德利市的一所住宅中被发现。警方表示，这个非法设施包含”带有病原体标签的容器”，标签上有登革热、HIV和疟疾，以及约1000只被官员认为用作实验对象的老鼠。
中国公民朱佳贝（Jia Bei Zhu）于2023年10月被捕，并于11月被起诉。他被指控分发掺假和标签错误的医疗用品，包括冠状病毒检测试剂盒，目前仍被监禁。他定于4月出庭受审。
当局周六凌晨突袭了拉斯维加斯的一处住宅，并在屋内发现了类似的设置。拉斯维加斯大都会警察局局长凯文·麦克马希尔（Kevin McMahill）表示，官员们在一个上锁的车库中发现了”多个冰箱、一个冰柜和其他实验室类型的设备，以及许多装有未知液体物质的瓶子和容器”。
麦克马希尔说：”这些物品在外观上与加州里德利实验室调查中发现和描述的物品一致。”
FBI拉斯维加斯特别探员克里斯托弗·德尔佐托（Christoper Delzotto）表示，探员们发现了包括离心机、生物安全工具以及”一加仑大小容器中的未知液体和冷藏小瓶中的未知液体”等物品。德尔佐托说，现场收集了1000多份样本，并运往马里兰州的美国国家生物法医分析中心。
拉斯维加斯警方新闻发布会现场（2026年1月31日，拉斯维加斯大都会警察局总部）
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麦克马希尔表示，警方在突袭前收到的有限信息表明，这所拉斯维加斯住宅内存储了实验室设备和潜在危险材料。
调查显示，朱还拥有这所拉斯维加斯住宅，”这让警官们对可能遇到的情况感到高度关切”，麦克马希尔说。警方进入房屋前使用机器人清理了房屋，防化小组协助从家中搬运物品。
里德利市市长妮科尔·齐巴（Nicole Zieba）表示，她对这一发现”并不感到意外”。弗雷斯诺县监事内森·马西格（Nathan Magsig）说，在里德利实验室发现的物品”表明美国其他地区可能存在更多的实验室”。齐巴说，里德利市官员曾试图向联邦政府发出警告。
“我希望他们正在关注，因为当我们试图提出警告时，我们只得到了美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）非常糟糕的回应，”齐巴说，”这几乎就好像他们不想与此有任何关系。”
拉斯维加斯当局还搜查了另一处住宅，但未发现可疑材料。麦克马希尔说，警方已逮捕了奥利·所罗门（Ori Solomon），此人被认为是这两处拉斯维加斯房产的物业经理，初步指控是处置和排放危险废物。
朱的律师安东尼·卡波齐（Anthony Capozzi）告诉美联社，他的当事人”并未参与在拉斯维加斯住宅中进行的任何生物实验室活动”。卡波齐说，朱已被联邦拘留三年。
“我们不清楚那所住宅里发生了什么，”卡波齐说。
联邦探员在过去几天再次进入里德利实验室。麦克马希尔说，拉斯维加斯警察局仍有”大量工作要做”。
“拉斯维加斯还有很长的路要走，”齐巴说，”如果情况与里德利案类似，那就没有现成的手册可以参考。”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/suspected-bio-lab-las-vegas-potentially-linked-2023-california-case/
Bio lab found in Las Vegas is similar to scene discovered in California, raising questions from officials
February 5, 2026 / 10:54 AM EST / CBS News
Officials in California criticized the federal response to a bio lab found in a Fresno County suburb after a similar setup was found at a home in Las Vegas over the weekend.
The California lab was found in a Reedley home in late 2023. Police said the illegal facility contained “pathogen-labeled containers” with labels that included dengue fever, HIV, and malaria, as well as about 1,000 mice that officials believe were used as test subjects.
Jia Bei Zhu, a Chinese citizen, was arrested in October 2023 and indicted in November. He was charged with distributing adulterated and misbranded medical items, including coronavirus tests, and remains behind bars. He is set to appear in court in April.
Authorities raided a home in Las Vegas early Saturday morning and found a similar set-up inside. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department sheriff Kevin McMahill said that officials found “multiple refrigerators, a freezer, and other laboratory-type equipment, along with numerous bottles and jugs containing unknown liquid substances” inside a locked garage.
“These items, importantly, were consistent in appearance to the items found and described in the Reedley, California lab investigation,” McMahill said.
FBI Special Agent in Charge for Las Vegas Christoper Delzotto said agents found items including a centrifuge, biosafety tools and “unknown liquids in gallon-sized containers and refrigerated vials with unknown liquids.” More than 1,000 samples were collected from the scene and transported to the National Bioforensic Analysis Center in Maryland, Delzotto said.
Aerial footage from Las Vegas police shows an investigation being conducted, during a news briefing about a warrant that was served on the east end of Las Vegas on Jan. 31, 2026, at Metropolitan Police Headquarters. Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
McMahill said that the police department “received limited information that laboratory equipment and potentially hazardous materials” were being stored at the Vegas house before the raid.
The investigation revealed that Zhu also owned the Vegas residence and “raised significant concern for what” officers might encounter, McMahill said. A robot was used to clear the house before police entered, and hazmat teams helped move items from the home.
Nicole Zieba, the city manager of Reedley said she was “not surprised about the discovery.” Fresno County supervisor Nathan Magsig said items discovered in the Reedley lab “pointed to the fact that there may be additional laboratories in other parts” of the U.S. Zieba said that Reedley officials had tried to warn the federal government.
“I hope they are paying attention because when we tried to raise the flag, we received just such a poor response from the CDC,” Zieba said. “It’s almost as if they didn’t want anything to do with it.”
Las Vegas authorities also searched a second home, but found no suspicious materials there. McMahill said police had arrested Ori Solomon, a man believed to be the property manager of both Vegas properties, on an initial charge of disposing and discharging hazardous waste.
Anthony Capozzi, Zhu’s attorney, told the Associated Press that his client “is not involved in any kind of a biolab being conducted in a home in Las Vegas.” Capozzi said Zhu has been in federal custody for three years.
“What went on in that residence, we are unaware of,” Capozzi said.
Federal agents were seen entering the Reedley lab again in the past days. McMahill said the Las Vegas police department still has “a lot of work” ahead of them.
“Vegas is in for a long road,” Zieba said. “If it’s anything like the Reedley case, there was no manual to pull off the shelves.”
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