Newly released footage shows the moment officers in hazmat suits raid a suspected biological lab inside a home.
On January 31, 2026, at around 5:51 a.m. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police SWAT officers served a search warrant at a home on Sugar Springs Drive, Hollywood, and Washington Avenue.
Alongside FBI agents, the police located evidence of possible biological material, including refrigerators containing vials with unknown liquids.
Video footage shows the moment officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police's All-Hazard Regional Multi-agency Operations and Response (ARMOR) raid the property.
(Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via SWNS)
Three individuals renting rooms inside the home were safely removed and are not involved in the investigation.
Investigators focused on a locked garage believed to contain the materials.
Once safe to proceed, the ARMOR team entered wearing protective equipment. Investigators observed refrigerators, a freezer, laboratory-type equipment, and numerous containers holding unknown liquid substances.
The Las Vegas property was raided in connection with a 2023 illegal biological laboratory investigation in Reedley, California.
In another case in California, authorities found biological pathogens inside a lab inside a home. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via SWNS)
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In the California case, investigators reportedly discovered materials possibly associated with infectious diseases, including hepatitis, COVID-19, HIV, malaria, and other potentially dangerous pathogens.
It is currently unknown whether similar materials were present at the Las Vegas residence.
Local and federal investigators have sent 1,000 samples for testing to determine what they found.
The owner of the property was arrested and charged in 2023 in connection with an investigation into an illegal bio lab in Reedley, California, and remains in federal custody, authorities said.
Las Vegas Police also arrested Ori Solomon, 55, on a charge of disposing and discharging hazardous waste.
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