Jabari Brown, the young pilot who became famous online after winning a private jet in a MrBeast challenge video, has now been arrested in Paraguay in a major drug trafficking investigation. Paraguayan authorities said Brown was detained in Asunción after investigators allegedly found around 261.6 kilograms, or nearly 577 pounds, of cannabis connected to a private aircraft that had arrived from Miami. The case quickly grabbed attention online because Brown had built a large following after appearing in one of MrBeast’s viral aviation videos.
According to Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat, also known as SENAD, Brown became the fourth person arrested in the investigation. Officials said the aircraft landed at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, where agents reportedly discovered the cannabis hidden inside several suitcases being unloaded from the plane. The story has become even more shocking for many fans because Brown was once seen as a rising young pilot after winning MrBeast’s 2025 video “100 Pilots Fight For A Private Jet,” where he earned a Hawker 400XP aircraft reportedly worth around $2.4 million.
