A California mansion has been raided several times to discover an illegal casino, drug activity, and no less than 15 children.

Arcadia police in California have completed several raids on Pacific Place, a gated complex of office buildings and warehouses and found evidence of illegal gambling, drug activity, and 15 children, most of them toddlers. The raids took place four times across three years, with authorities finding evidence of new crimes each time, including an illegal casino with electronic gambling tables. The police seized these machines on December 9, 2021.

The owner of the property and father of 22 children, 65-year-old Guojun Xuan, told police that all but two of the children were born to surrogates. The presence of so many young children made Kollin Cieadlo, a lieutenant for the Arcadia Police Department, and his detectives suspect that they’d uncovered a human trafficking ring. Xuan and his partner, 38-year-old Sylvia Zhang, told police they “simply wanted to have a large family”, according to LA Times. No charges have been filed against the couple.

Uncovering an illegal casino

The investigation was sparked when Arcadia police asked the FBI to look into Xuan and Zhang after learning they had transferred money to surrogates and traveled across state lines to collect the children. This led to the discovery of illicit drugs on a property belonging to Xuan in El Monte, California, which he was renting out.

Further evidence led to El Monte authorities ...