The article mentions this person runs a "drone services" company. While it's not explicitly mentioned that he's licensed, I also didn't see any explicit mentio

The article mentions this person runs a "drone services" company. While it's not explicitly mentioned that he's licensed, I also didn't see any explicit mention that he wasn't and it's safe to assume that, if he runs a drone service company, he is probably licensed (to fly commercially). As far as I understand, flying at night is legal for most licensed drone pilots. Flying out of line of sight is still illegal.