Overview
- The seizure occurred on Saturday when Paraguay’s anti‑drug agency found 261.6 kilograms of marijuana with high THC inside luggage being unloaded at Silvio Pettirossi airport.
- Four U.S. nationals were detained, including Jabari Stephen Brown who won a jet in a MrBeast contest, and prosecutors have charged three co‑suspects with international drug trafficking.
- Authorities identified Estonian citizen Keith Siilats as the presumed owner and pilot of the seized plane and say intelligence indicates he left Paraguay before the operation.
- SENAD described the shipment as 'marihuana premium' and estimated a regional wholesale value near $14,000 per kilogram, with Brazil cited as a likely market.
- The investigation remains active and international, prosecutors are seeking preventive detention under Paraguayan Law 1340, and officials say the aircraft is not the jet Brown won in the MrBeast challenge.