MrBeast Jet Winner Arrested in Paraguay Drug Bust

Jabari Brown, a 20-year-old pilot from Jamaica who gained international fame for winning a private jet worth $2 million in a MrBeast competition, was detained in Paraguay as part of an anti-drug operation. The National Secretariat for the Fight Against Drugs (SENAD) reported that Brown was among four Americans held after 261.6 kilograms of high-THC cannabis, valued at approximately $3.6 million, were discovered on a private aircraft that had arrived from Miami.

However, during a press conference, SENAD Minister Jalil Rachid clarified that Brown was released. Prosecutors determined he had no involvement in the case, as he was reportedly serving as a co-pilot. In contrast, the other three detainees, Marisol Rivas, 39, Troy Anthony Vazquez, 42, and David Thomas Weiss, 58, face international drug trafficking charges. The primary pilot, an Estonian named Keith Silats, had already left the country on a commercial flight before the inspection and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

SENAD described the operation as a "new blow against drug trafficking" under its Hummingbird Program. The aircraft used for transporting the drugs was not the same jet Brown had won in the MrBeast contest. The article notes that the marijuana found was of high potency.