Pilot influencer caught smuggling drugs

You haven’t seen that video lol the guy makes all the pilots have a hand on the jet, whoever lasts the longest got the jet 😭 no idea how the guy affords half the shit he gives away.

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yawara25@reddit

Capt treezy? Caught with marijuana? I don't know how anyone could have seen this coming.

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Illustrious-Run3591@reddit

I have often wondered how much interstate trafficking is happening in the skies of America, it's probably significant. Can't get pulled over in a Piper meridian.

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Wasatcher@reddit

They're rare but you sure can get ramp checked. But flying for almost a decade and landing at airports in all classes of airspace I've yet to encounter one.

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Pubics_Cube@reddit

Authorities said he put up a real smoke screen for a while, but they finally caught up to him on a red-eye.

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cptnpiccard@reddit

I mean, when you get down to the weeds, this was a foregone conclusion.

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isademigod@reddit

I'm picturing cheech and chong's "up in smoke" where the whole airplane is made of weed

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Vladeath@reddit

Report back later Detective, trees is spelled with an "S"

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yawara25@reddit

Are you sure? I think we should hire a linguistics consultant so we can get a formal report on the matter.

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slekce10@reddit

No no, this guy is right. It's probably the subtle letter switch that kept the DEA at bay for so long.

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seang239@reddit

Right? Imagine talking about spelling words without having a PhD. The audacity out here with some of these people.

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And not know it? That would weigh hundreds if not over a thousand points and take up an absurd amount of space. I have no idea who that guy is but I highly doubt anyone could unknowingly transport that much weed in a smaller plane and not know it

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taxcheat@reddit

570lbs. Couldn't find an English article, but there's this source

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InitialEquipment7967@reddit

disappointingly not 420lbs

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elkab0ng@reddit

420 nautical lbs. ftfy.

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Chicago_Blackhawks@reddit

Impressive lol

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specialsymbol@reddit

That's not that much. Which raises the question 3.6 million of what? Rubels?

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gameforge@reddit

Media/govt. is using the reference street price of $50/eighth. I have paid that much for weed but not since long before Amendment 64 passed in Colorado in 2014.

570 [lb] * 16 [oz/lb] = 9,120 [oz]

9,120 [oz] * 400 [$/oz] = 3,648,000 [$]

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tarrasque@reddit

Aren't rec prices pretty expensive given heavy taxes and all that? I live in CO but don't partake.

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RealisticBox1@reddit

When I bought weed as a teenager for the first time in 2009 in a Milwaukee suburb I spent $30 for 1/16th of an ounce

Yesterday I picked up a quarter oz medical at a dispensary in Minneapolis. $50

Weed prices have dropped for me in real terms since 2009. In inflationary terms they have dropped even more. I can get a half oz for $120 now, which would have gotten me a quarter oz in 2009.

I just used Gemini to translate this into eggs.

In 2009 a gram of weed cost as much as 124 eggs. In 2026 it costs 38 eggs per gram.

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tarrasque@reddit

Lmao we should now just trade eggs for weed

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RealisticBox1@reddit

Costco memberships just got slightly more valuable

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elkab0ng@reddit

Dispensaries around here (AZ) will sell an ounce for $60. So retail value here would have been just over $500k - and obv less at wholesale prices.

For those who have a medical card, it’s even lower.

(No, I don’t like the stuff, my wife does occasionally, and I just find myself amused that I can walk into a store and buy weed from a “budtender” who gives details like a sommelier about various strains and offerings 🤣)

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tarrasque@reddit

Interesting. Maturing markets and competition I suppose. I know in the first five or so years after legalization here in CO people were complaining that legal weed was super pricey and thus were still buying on the much cheaper gray market.

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elkab0ng@reddit

I have anecdotal knowledge that an ounce went for like $35 back in the early eighties, but that was of course on the informal market cough

There definitely has been talk of competition driving the price down - when dispensaries are advertising their prices on billboards next to the freeway it’s definitely a fairly mature environment!

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Thick_Comedian_6707@reddit

Yea it better be anecdotal.

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Belfastscum@reddit

Nope, it's actually very affordable. OZs can be as low as $50 here in Michigan

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gameforge@reddit

I haven't smoked in over 10 years, but the closest dispensary to me is Starbud's and the highest price on their site (that I'm seeing) is $175/oz., so, much cheaper than the illegal street prices I used to pay (and what's quoted in the story).

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OzrielArelius@reddit

so really it's less than 1M but still a fuck ton

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switch72@reddit

The article here: https://estonianworld.com/security/a-private-jet-piloted-by-an-estonian-is-found-with-260kg-of-hashish/

explains it was actually hashish, something between flower and rosin. That's a lot more concentrated that flower, so I assume sells at a higher price.

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gameforge@reddit

570 lbs. of hash is an enormous amount of hash, and yes it sells for a far higher price as it lasts much longer per weight. However media/law enforcement is notorious for not having a clue what they're talking about, so my guess is they're still using the ancient street/book value for ordinary flower.

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PromethazineNsprite@reddit

Must’ve included the plane in the price lol

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Big_OOOO@reddit

We really got into the weeds here.

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Xenoman5@reddit

Just doing some quick weed math in my head I think it’s a bit more than 2200 pounds or 1 ton. Cops always quote street value when announcing busts. Assuming $100 an ounce, that goes into $3.6 mil 36,000 times. Dividing that by 16 gets us 2,250 pounds. Not something that could fit in a duffel bag. Also the smell would be very noticeable.

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-Badger3-@reddit

Yeah, 3.6 million in weed is a fuck ton of weed.

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HavingNotAttained@reddit

Is a fuck ton > a metric ton?

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EchoGlyph42@reddit

Smidge and half, no?

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IndependenceStock417@reddit

"Hey captain, you're loaded with about 4 fuck tons of fuel and cargo"

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keenansmith61@reddit

The thing about law enforcement reporting drug numbers is that they essentially just make shit up. They don't, but their numbers are as good as made up to anyone outside law enforcement.

They weigh packaging as part of the total weight, and use street value over wholesale.

For instance, if I had 10 grams of weed in a baggie and that empty baggie weighed 4 grams, I am in possession of 14 grams of weed. I may have paid $50 for that 10 grams of weed, but since street value is $20/gram and I actually had 14 grams according to the police, they just confiscated 14 grams worth $280 instead of 10 worth $50.

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didgeblastin@reddit

Source shows 570 lbs

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keenansmith61@reddit

I'm picturing a load like that in a plane being 5-10lb wrapped bricks in duffel bags. Probably 25lbs of wrap and however much the bags weighed that everything was stored in. Probably 500-525lbs of actual weed, rest packaging.

I dunno how much pounds go for these days, but I can find you an ounce of very good stuff in an illegal state for $200. Mathing that out gives us $3200/lb or $1.8 million for 570lbs. Take out the packaging and you drop $100k in value.

You'd get a much better rate buying by the pound. My numbers are based off of ounces and I'm still only coming up with half the value they decided to give it. Actual wholesale for that amount is probably closer to $750,000-1,000,000.

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mduell@reddit

0.25t drugs on a 22t jet is something, but hide-able.

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Peewee223@reddit

I'm imagining a 172 comically stuffed to the gills, with just a little bit of the window clear so the pilot could land.

"No, officer, I swear I had no idea"

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Harry73127@reddit

Was really hoping it was FlyWithKay

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ahriyae@reddit

What a way to throw it all away. Didnt he also win $2 million in a mr beast video

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eclipseaug@reddit

this pisses me off, I watched that video and he was a douche to the final two contestants. Now that this is known, they 100% deserved to win it over him

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Optimal_Pop_8995@reddit

It wasn’t his jet.
The drugs were inside of the walls
He wasn’t PIC and he was just a contract SIC

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Anon332563@reddit

3/4 of the comments here didn't and will not read the article and should be removed

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Optimal_Pop_8995@reddit

Exactly they’re assuming he was the one smuggling lol. It’s equivalent to a truck driver picking up a trailer that’s already locked and delivering it somewhere then being blamed when they find drugs in the trailer. It’s unfair and I hate countries that just blame the pilot.

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eclipseaug@reddit

I really don’t think you end up in that kind of situation by coincidence very often. If it was as cut and dry as you stated, I would hope that he wouldn’t have caught charges.

That being said, I should not have jumped to the conclusion that he was guilty until it was proven.

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Optimal_Pop_8995@reddit

I’m guessing you haven’t done contract work before. We show up to the jet, preflight, go fly, go to the hotel and either wait for the plane or fly back home. We don’t inspect suitcases or screen the passengers, we just fly and get paid.

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impy695@reddit

Just checked. It was a $2.4 million private jet. He may have taken a cash option if offered. If not, I hope they covered the taxes. Also, this apparently happened less than a year ago if OP's story is true

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TraditionAmazing@reddit

I believe he did take the cash offer. Also, i don’t think he’s type rated on the challenger so he wasn’t the one flying. He’s typed on the citation.

As stated in the news articles the owner of the jet was the one flying. Did some more research and found his instagram, in one of the videos he posted you can see the pilot on FO seat is also Treezy’s friend which he flies with in the citation as captain.

With these details we know Treezy wasn’t flying, but could he have known all about what was in the plane?

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impy695@reddit

I've flown on private jets as a passenger and it is absolutely possible I'd have no idea that it's smuggling that many drugs.

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vtjohnhurt@reddit

we know Treezy wasn’t flying

So he was worried about having the type rating while he was smuggling drugs?

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sunnyp0202@reddit

Is his career finished now or what

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Throwawayyacc22@reddit

WAIT, ITS THE SAME GUY?

OH BOY!

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flyingwithfish24@reddit

I guess the 21 five show can now say they have interviewed two drug smugglers now

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sprulz@reddit

This is totally unrelated but I legitimately cannot get into that pod because of how much AI the guys use and how they think it’s the funniest/coolest thing ever. It’s probably just a me thing, and it’s a shame because I do like the stories and sometimes they give good advice, but it’s way too distracting for me lol.

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Professional_Read413@reddit

Same. I fast forward so quick through the stupid AI intro songs, and they get that fucking thing to do their ad reads its annoying.

Also just generally get tired of hearing them complaining, and talking about their vacations or expensive toy purchases. If you skip that and the financial advisor stuff it's decent lol

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Pilot_BillF@reddit

That last sentence pretty much sums up sitting in an airplane on a 4 day at pretty much every 121 operation!

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OzrielArelius@reddit

the first one too. all the older guys 8 fly with are obsessed with AI and constantly use it to make fake pictures of themselves with celebrities or looking jacked or on a mountain or some other dumb shit. they think it's soooo cool and hilarious

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Ok_Witness179@reddit

Same. Every now and then there's a topic that sounds potentially interesting, but I have to weight the frustration of digging through all their crap to find it. Then, accidentally hitting the songs always makes me want to stab my ears with a pen. It's soooo bad.

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Bigbearcanada@reddit

Different guy. 21.5 interviewed Armando, and he won an 800XP(?) for staying in it for 100 days.

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rotardy@reddit

3.6million in weed??? Was he in a dc-3?

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thatguy2896@reddit (OP)

Challenger 601

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Creepy-Insect8163@reddit

Will he loose his pilots license?

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autonym@reddit

How does one possibly haul this much drugs and not know of it?

The drugs were allegedly found in a hangar. The pilot was arrested at a hotel. The pilot's alleged connection to the hangar is unstated, as far as I can find. So there are plenty of ways that the pilot might know nothing of the drugs.

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JohnnyUte@reddit

The only thing I hate more than a regular influencer is a pilot influencer.

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Difficult_Spring8058@reddit

Nice try FAA

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gordonscotts@reddit

It’s people like you that worry so much about what other people are doing with their own fucking lives that this world gets away with what they get away with who cares it’s a shame he got caught this what really matters right now but we know what side you’d be on

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Happy-Table-9515@reddit

All I’ve gotten out of this is how sad it is that any of you follow Mr. Beast.

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Bucketnate@reddit

No damn way...Even with a bit of an ego i always hoped for the best for him. Disappointing.

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Schwalbe262Guy@reddit

Bro. Didn’t he also win the 2.4 mil jet, man

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FlyingKamaro@reddit

He also won 2 million from a Mr.Beast challenge, threw it all away for greed…

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srirachaninja@reddit

Because they always use the single dose price when calculating a drug bust. The real value is probably something like 50-100k

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Rustyshackilford@reddit

Right? I cant really see weed being that expensive these days.

Lmao for smuggling weed too. You can literally drive a state away to get it.

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srirachaninja@reddit

I hate when they do it. It's like saying your 1L bottle of Smirnoff is worth $1000 just because some shady club in Miami sells watered-down shots of it for $15.

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mianosm@reddit

1L should produce 20 shots (22 if you're being pedantic, but spillage and variance is a thing) if you're measuring them out correctly; that's only $300 per bottle of Smirnoff. :-)

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ShoeLate6266@reddit

It’s for headlines

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Pubics_Cube@reddit

That's why I always get my weed in bulk at Costco

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mhammaker@reddit

Can you imagine Kirkland Signature edibles

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PsyopBjj@reddit

This is the guy that won the Mr. Beast competition for the free jet

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daveatc1234@reddit

Nope. Very different guy

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PsyopBjj@reddit

You can literally see him winning the jet on his IG page

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chaoticcole_wgb@reddit

Valid though

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Emotional_Eye6988@reddit

Dude is insufferable and arrogant. And a show off.. glad he got canned so I don’t have to see his BS anymore.

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Optimal_Pop_8995@reddit

You realize the drugs were inside the walls right? How is he supposed to know that on a jet that isn’t his?

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pappu_thomas@reddit

Do you think they are going to cancel his plane licenses? Can someone explain? Thank You.

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JSTootell@reddit

I'm so glad my algorithm has zero pilot "influencers".

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GroundProximity@reddit

Man, these assholes that get caught destroy it for the rest of us. Infuriating.

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Strega007@reddit

What "it" is a Jamaican pilot ruining "for the rest of us"?

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Heembeam@reddit

Always a blame game, it’s crazy that his pic is plastered everywhere and he might not have been the one flying. The outlet knows what to do to get attention.

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LADR_Official@reddit

no stereotypes were harmed...

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Far_Technology1221@reddit

LOL, least surprising news ever glad I dont have to see his posts anymore

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Such-Entrepreneur663@reddit

I’m not sure what exactly the time frame is but he posted yesterday so you’re not out the water yet lol

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Postarization@reddit

Wasn’t this man on a Mr beast vid

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vigil_mundi@reddit

Influencing under the influence.

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Puzzleheaded-Emu6338@reddit

From the few times he came into my feed he came across as extremely arrogant and insufferable, mostly just showing off wealth. I’m not saying he’s guilty but out of all people it wouldn’t surprise me…

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Far_Technology1221@reddit

lol,least surprising thing I’ve heard in awhile

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4yoursightonly@reddit

Badlands mcnally

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Janoy_Cresva69@reddit

No way lol I met this guy when he was an instructor

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AdHot6995@reddit

Looking at his insta he isn’t really giving pilot vibes.

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No_Diver_2133@reddit

No, who would have guessed?

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E2TheCustodian@reddit

Those ‘cheap bizjets’ gonna kill you on the hourly. Maybe just trying to keep it in the air. /s

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RealP4@reddit

Ah man..I had seen some of his stuff and he got some cool opportunities. Sad he threw it all away.

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CayucosKid@reddit

Just lol from me.

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rFlyingTower@reddit

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I recently just saw news break of a pilot influencer by the name of “Capt treezy” got arrested in Paraguay with 3.6 million in marijuana. How does one possibly haul this much drugs and not know of it?

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