A frightening discovery was made in Las Vegas.
The Chinese Communist Party is ramping up its aggression.
And the House Intel chair had this scary warning about illegal Chinese biolabs in America.
FBI Raids Chinese Biolab Operating Inside Las Vegas Airbnb
FBI agents in hazmat suits descended on a Las Vegas home that doubled as an illegal Chinese biolab last week.
Over 1,000 samples of unknown liquid substances were stored in multiple refrigerators and freezers.
Several people who rented rooms through Airbnb became violently ill after staying there.
Two guests became "deathly ill" just days after entering the locked garage where the lab equipment was hidden.
Investigators found dead crickets scattered throughout and a foul hospital-like smell.
The home is owned by Jia Bei Zhu, a Chinese national already sitting in federal custody for running an illegal biolab discovered in Reedley, California in 2023.
That facility contained vials labeled with HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, COVID-19, and Ebola plus nearly 1,000 transgenic mice genetically engineered to mimic the human immune system.
His girlfriend Zhaoyan Wang faces federal charges but fled to China with their baby.
Biden's FBI Buried the Chinese Threat
The Las Vegas biolab sits less than three miles from Nellis Air Force Base, where Chinese operatives could easily conduct surveillance on one of America's most critical military installations.
FBI Director Kash Patel revealed that Biden's FBI "buried" the truth about the CCP's ties to these illegal biolabs.
Biden's CDC refused to test the Reedley samples to definitively determine what pathogens were actually in those vials.
That means Zhu can't be charged with bioterrorism crimes.
Reedley City Manager Nicole Zieba spent years trying to warn federal authorities.
"We were raising red flags about the loopholes in national security for biologicals way back in 2023," Zieba said.
A Congressional investigation found the biolab received millions in unexplained payments from Chinese banks.
Zhu is a top official at a Chinese state-controlled company with military links and a wanted fugitive from Canada with a $330 million judgment against him for stealing American intellectual property.
House Intel Chairman Raises Alarm About "Patient Zero"
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford dropped a bombshell warning.
"Why would you have some illicit labs set up in an Airbnb, except for, maybe, you're trying to create some sort of patient zero scenario, that you might infect someone, that you might create another COVID-like scenario," Crawford said.
Vegas is filled with tourists from all over the country.
Crawford questioned why Chinese nationals would handle dangerous pathogens so carelessly.
"Why would you do it in such a slipshod way, if it wasn't almost deliberately to try to maybe attract attention? Are they trying to send a message to us?"
The Arkansas Republican warned that America's counterintelligence hasn't evolved to meet China's threat.
Crawford rejected blaming this solely on Biden's open border.
"The Chinese have been exploiting our immigration system for decades," Crawford said.
Chinese nationals who become U.S. citizens maintain CCP ties, enabling land purchases near sensitive military assets.
Crawford slammed American universities for prioritizing revenue over national security by admitting Chinese students into advanced science programs.
"They're not here to study the arts or literature. They're here to gain hard-tech degrees: engineering, physics, biochemistry. And it's been to our detriment."
University leaders won't act without Congressional mandates because they're addicted to Chinese tuition money.
Crawford's Warning Isn't Speculation
The CIA just admitted COVID most likely came from a lab leak in Wuhan.
Chinese nationals are running illegal biolabs near major population centers and military bases.
Zhu owns multiple properties in Nevada and California through shell corporations — how many other illegal Chinese biolabs are operating right now?
The FBI opens a new China-related counterintelligence case every 10 hours.
Between 2010 and 2012, Chinese intelligence killed dozens of American CIA assets after dismantling spy networks.
China's goal is displacing America as the global superpower through economic espionage, cyber warfare, and biotech dominance.
Crawford's "patient zero" warning is based on China's documented lab safety failures that killed millions worldwide.
"I don't know if they were trying to create a patient zero scenario where they can get out and create, potentially, an epidemic, or heaven forbid, a pandemic that makes it difficult for us to function. I don't know what their motives were, but I know that we can't continue to operate like this," Crawford stated.
Without aggressive action to root out Chinese infiltration, America remains vulnerable to biological attacks that could make COVID-19 look like a dress rehearsal.
Sources:
- Nicholas Ballasy, "House Intel chairman warns China may be setting up illicit biolabs in U.S. to seed next pandemic," Just the News, February 7, 2026.
- Jennifer Van Laar, "Illegal Chinese Biolab Used As Airbnb, Made Several Deathly Ill," RedState, February 4, 2026.
- Jennifer Van Laar, "Feds Seize 1000 Samples From Illegal CCP Biolab in Las Vegas," RedState, February 2, 2026.
- "Illegal Reedley biolab connected to lab found at Las Vegas home," ABC30 Fresno, February 3, 2026.
- "CIA now says COVID most likely originated from a lab leak," CBS News, January 27, 2026.
