PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Another Portland-area man has been arrested for allegedly pointing a laser pointer at an aircraft.

Aloha resident Brian Kapileo Nepaial faces federal charges of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine after he allegedly aimed the green laser at a Customs and Border Protections helicopter flying near his home on Oct. 3.

In court documents obtained by KOIN 6 News, the laser lit up the cockpit and the eyes of the flight crew and caused them to abort their planned landing. The crew circled the area the laser was coming from and captured camera footage of its origin.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation reviewed the footage and determined the laser came from Kapileo's home on Pinewood Way in Aloha.

They obtained a

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