The father of some 22 children discovered by Arcadia police in May also owns a property in El Monte where authorities found evidence of illegal gambling and drug activity, court records show.

Guojun Xuan, 65, told detectives all but two of his children were born to surrogates.

Authorities say they found evidence at Xuan’s El Monte property of a “well-established, sophisticated and persistent criminal enterprise.”

The first time El Monte police raided Pacific Place, a gated pink complex of office buildings and warehouses, they found an illicit casino.

Crammed inside a suite were electronic gambling tables with flashing lights, a detective wrote in a search warrant affidavit. Police seized the machines on Dec. 9, 2021, along with cash and several pounds of methamphetamine.

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