ASUNCION — Jabari Stephan Brown, known online as Captain Treezy, was briefly detained in Asuncion, Paraguay, over the weekend in connection with a drug trafficking investigation. Paraguayan officials seized 577 pounds of marijuana from a Bombardier Challenger 604 aircraft that had arrived from Miami with a layover in Panama.
Brown was arrested at a hotel in Asuncion after authorities linked him to the aircraft as its co-pilot. The marijuana, which officials said was high in THC, was estimated to be worth $3.6 million. Three other individuals were detained and later charged by the Prosecutor's Office, while the main pilot of the plane had already left Paraguay before the seizure occurred, according to the country’s Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD).
Brown was released after the Prosecutor's Office determined he had no involvement in the incident. Officials stated he cooperated fully and had no knowledge of the illicit cargo aboard the aircraft. The private jet Brown won in December from YouTuber MrBeast’s “100 Pilots Fight For A Private Jet” challenge—a Hawker 400XP valued at $2.4 million—was not involved in the case.
Since his release, Brown has maintained his innocence through posts on his Captain Treezy social media account. “Anybody who knows me knows who I truly am along with what I would & wouldn't do,” Brown said in a statement shared on his Instagram stories. Referencing his experience, Brown added, “'You may not know why now, but you'll understand later' has been a scripture I leaned on for years & it has come to the front line of my life again.”