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Paraguay arrests four Americans for marijuana smuggling

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. Read full article