A story that once sounded like peak internet fantasy has taken a very real turn.
Jabari Brown, the young pilot who went viral after winning a private jet in a MrBeast challenge, was arrested in Paraguay after authorities said he was one of the people connected to a private aircraft where agents found more than 261.6 kilos of marijuana. According to Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat, known as SENAD, the plane had arrived from Miami and landed at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, the country’s main airport, located outside Asunción.
The arrest instantly turned the case into a headline machine: a viral YouTube winner, a private jet, several U.S. nationals, cannabis authorities described as high-THC, and what investigators suspect may have been a route into the Brazilian market.
Authorities said Brown was arrested Saturday night at a hotel in Asunción, becoming the fourth person detained in connection with the case. Three other U.S. nationals identified by Paraguayan media as Marisol Rivas, Anthony Vásquez, and David Thomas Wise were also arrested after agents discovered cannabis hidden in luggage being unloaded from the aircraft. Local outlet ABC Color reported that prosecutors filed international drug trafficking charges against the detainees.
From Viral Aviation Dream to Alleged Trafficking Case
Brown became known online after appearing in MrBeast’s 2025 aviation challenge, 100 Pilots Fight For A Private Jet, where pilots competed for a Hawker 400XP valued at around $2.4 million. At the time, the story was framed as a feel-good internet moment: a 20-year-old pilot beating out 99 other contestants and walking away with a multimillion-dollar aircraft.
In the video, the contestants were put through a series of physically and mentally exhausting aviation-themed challenges before the final winner took the jet. Brown, who has also been known online as Treezy, reportedly hoped to use the aircraft to …
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Author: Camila Berriex / High Times
