Jamaican-descended pilot and social media personality Jabari Stephen Brown, better known online as 'Captain Treezy', has reportedly been released by Paraguayan authorities after being swept up in an international drug trafficking probe involving a private jet and more than 260 kilograms of marijuana.

Brown, 20, who shot to global fame after winning a multimillion-dollar private jet in a MrBeast challenge last year, was initially detained following the dramatic seizure at Paraguay’s Silvio Pettirossi International Airport near the capital, Asunción.

International reports say Brown was serving as the co-pilot aboard the aircraft, which arrived from Miami on Friday.