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Paraguay Arrests Four Americans for Marijuana Smuggling

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Paraguayan authorities have detained four US citizens following the seizure on Saturday of a private aircraft arriving from Miami that was carrying 261.6 kilograms of marijuana with high tetrahydrocannabinol content, the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (Senad) reported on Sunday. Among those arrested is Jabari Stephen Brown, known for having won an executive aircraft valued at several million dollars in a competition organized by US YouTuber MrBeast, considered the content creator with the most followers in the world. Brown was captured on Saturday night at a hotel in Asunción, becoming the fourth member of the aircraft's crew in Paraguayan custody.

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Paraguay’s Criminal Court of Guarantees Specialized in Organized Crime issued on Monday pre-trial detention against three of the four Americans captured last Saturday after the seizure of 261.6 kilos of “premium marijuana” on a private plane in which the foreigners arrived, the local press reported.

·Guayaquil, Ecuador
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The Paraguayan authorities have arrested the American Jabari Stephen Brown, known for winning a private jet in a competition organized by MrBeast - the youtuber with the world's most followers - for allegedly trafficking prémium marijuana on another plane. He has become the fourth-stopper of the operation, in which the police seized 261.6 kilos of the drug in question.

·Spain
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ASUNCTION.- The American pilot Jabari Stephan Brown - popularly known on social networks as “Captain Treezy” - was arrested in a hotel in Asunción, according to the Paraguayan Anti-Drug Secretariat. This is the fourth arrested in a case of 261.6 kilograms of marijuana traffic that were located the day before in a hangar at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport. Last December, Brown won an executive jet valued at US$2.4 million in a competition…

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Jabari Stephen Brown had won in the competition an executive plane valued at millions of dollars. The seized drug would be valued at 14,000 dollars per kilo in the Brazilian market.

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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BUENOS AIRES (AP) — American pilot Jabari Stephan Brown was arrested at a hotel in Asunción, the Paraguayan Anti-Drug Secretariat reported on Sunday.

·New York, United States
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Associated Press News broke the news in New York, United States on Sunday, May 31, 2026.
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