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TL;DW:
Quick facts on the Las Vegas bio-lab raid from the KTNV press conference (Feb 3, 2026):
- LVMPD + FBI raided a house on Sugar Springs Drive early Saturday morning (SWAT at 5:51 a.m.).
- Arrested the property manager, Ori Solomon (55, Israeli citizen), on state hazardous waste discharge charges (Class B felony) and a federal gun possession charge (prohibited person with firearms).
- In the garage: refrigerators, freezers, lab equipment (biosafety hood, centrifuge), containers with unknown red/brown liquids, refrigerated vials.
- Over 1,000 samples collected and sent to the FBI’s National Bioforensic Analysis Center in Maryland for testing.
- No confirmed pathogens yet—samples still being analyzed. Officials say “possibly associated with infectious diseases” but no public threat, no exposure to responders or community, everything contained to the garage.
- Same guy linked to the 2023 Reedley, CA unlicensed bio-lab case (hepatitis, HIV, malaria, COVID samples found in a warehouse—owner in federal custody).
- Site remediated by Sunday night. Three room renters evacuated safely, not involved.
- Officials: “Zero threat to public,” extreme caution used (drones, robot dog, air sampling).