The case traces to 2022, when a Reedley inspector found an illegal biolab stocked with infectious agents.
The FBI and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department provided an update on the investigation into an alleged illegal biological lab found in a northeast Las Vegas home on Saturday.
Investigators found refrigerators, a freezer, laboratory-type equipment and containers holding unknown substances in a garage.
The discovery of a “biological lab” in a Las Vegas neighborhood has prompted an additional search of a California lab discovered in 2022.
Officials in Reedley, California said they had tried to warn federal authorities about the possibility of similar labs after one was found there in 2023.
The FBI and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department are investigating an alleged illegal biological lab operation found in a northeast Las Vegas home on Saturday.
Approximately five (5) days after entering the garage, she was left with breathing issues, fatigue, ‘could not get out of bed’, and muscle aches,” a house cleaner told officials.
It remained unclear Wednesday why a suspected illegal bio lab in Las Vegas was not raided until last weekend, even though its owner was known to have ties to Southern Nevada as early as several years ...
The cold-storage warehouse, shuttered in 2022, was part of a case that spawned a congressional investigation.
The FBI filed a complaint against a man from Oregon, who they say targeted Clark County Commissioner April Becker.
Authorities found “refrigerators with vials containing unknown liquids" during the search.
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — An investigation into a "possible biological laboratory" prompted police and FBI agents to converge on an east Las Vegas home early Saturday morning. According to new information ...