Black basketball player could be exposed to the death penalty in Indonesia due to THC -Cannabis lifestyle

Jarred Shaw, a professional basketball player who plays overseas for Tangerang Hawks, is arrested in Indonesia because of the coasts of cannabis.

According to Fox 4, the 34-year-old Dallas played in the Indonesian basketball league since 2022 and signed in 2024 with the Hawks. The police of Sokarno-Hatta airport arrested him after the local officials searched his apartment in Tangerang Regency, Indonesia. After searching the residence on May 7, they found over 130 candies with marijuana with a total number of 869 grams (30.6 ounces) illegal cannabis.

Jarred Shaw looks like a lifelong prison and even the death penalty

In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, the airport chief of police said Ronald Sipayung that the airport's customs officials noticed a suspect of Thailand, who allegedly ordered them from Shaw, which caused them to report to their team. While he was in police custody, Shaw reported that the sweets were not only for him, but also for his teammates.

According to Fox News, there were other cases in terms of cannabis that led to drug dealers found guilty. Your punishment? Death by the firing squad, a method of death penalty. Although Thailand cannabis decriminalized in November 2024, Indonesia keeps some of the world's toughest drug laws. According to the current regulations, Shaw is the possibility of a lifelong prison sentence or even the death penalty if it is convicted. Government data of the Ministry for Immigration and Corrections show that there are currently around 530 people in the death cell in Indonesia in Indonesia, most of them for drug -related crimes, including 96 foreign nationals.

Jarned Shaw's basketball career comes to one suddenly hOld

Hawks Manager Tangerang expressed that the basketball franchise reduced the relationship with Shaw due to its violations of her agreement. In addition, the chairman of the Budisatrio Djiwandono league confirmed that the decision was made to permanently play the athlete from the Indonesian basketball league.

“We do not tolerate players, administrators or people in the field in which drugs are involved,” Djiwandono told The Associated Press. “There is no space for drug users in the basketball world.”