Jarred Shaw, a basketball player in Dallas, in Indonesia, may face the death penalty for hashish candy

The Indonesian authorities said on Thursday that the American basketball player in the Indonesian league was arrested after he tried to smuggle illegal drugs to the country.

In Southeast Asia, there are very strict drugs for drugs, and convicted smugglers are sometimes implemented by shooting.

Jarred Shaw was accused of smuggling hemp candy

Ronald Sebayung, the police chief of Sukarno Hata, said that Jared Dwayen Show, 34, from Dallas, was arrested on May 7, after the police raided his apartment outside the capital, Jakarta, and seized 132 pieces of cannabis candy.

Shaw played university basketball in Oklahoma, Utah. He joined the Carter High School in Dallas, where he was in the province 11-4A a defensive player per year as an adult, according to CV on Utah Athletics.

A suspicious package from Thailand led to his arrest

Sebiaung said the detention followed a advice from the airport habits that stated that Shaw had received a suspicious air package from Thailand. Sebiaung said hashish has been criminalized in Thailand since November 2024. Under the laws of anti -drug control, Shaw faces the death penalty or the death penalty if it is proven guilty.

A video on social media showed Shu, wearing a black T -shirt and shorts, resisting that he is pushing away by the police and screaming “help … help!” When he was about to arrest him.

Shaw says that hemp candy was intended for his teammates

Shaw has played with many clubs in the Indonesian basketball league since 2022, and has signed a contract with Tangerang Hawk last year. During the interrogation, the police told that he wanted to share cannabis desserts with his fellow basketball players, according to Sibaiong.

He said that the candy contains a total weight of 30.6 ounces of illegal hemp inside the package.

“We are still investigating to unveil the international pharmaceutical network behind this issue and stop its distribution,” Sibiaung said.

Show did not make any statement when the authorities presented it at a press conference on Wednesday, wearing a detained orange T -shirt and a mask with his hands.

Tangerang Hawks Fire Shaw, his periodic ban on life

Tikky Suwantikno, director of Tangerang Hawks, told reporters on Thursday that they regretted what SHAW did and expelled him immediately because he violated the contract.

The Indonesian basketball league Shaw said from playing for life.

“We do not tolerate players, officials, or anyone in this field participating in drugs. There is no room for drug users in the world of basketball,” said Diwanono.

Difficult drug laws in Indonesia and international smuggling

The United Nations on Drugs and Crime says that Indonesia is a main center for drug therapy despite the presence of some of the strongest strongest drugs in the world, partly due to the fact that international drug coins are targeting its young residents.

Data of the Ministry of Immigration and corrections showed about 530 people in the case of death in Indonesia, most of them for drug -related crimes, including 96 foreigners. The latest executions in IndonesiaFrom one of the foreigners and the three foreigners, it was implemented in July 2016.