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An American basketball player arrested in Indonesia for alleged drug smuggling

Jarred Dwayne Shaw, a 34-year-old American basketball player in Indonesia, was arrested on May 7 in Tangerang regency for allegedly smuggling illegal drugs.
Police apprehended Shaw following a customs alert about a questionable airway shipment he had gotten from Thailand containing cannabis candies.
Authorities seized 132 cannabis candies with a gross weight of 869 grams of illegal cannabinoid, and Shaw said he wanted to share them with fellow players.
Shaw received a lifetime suspension from the Indonesian Basketball League, while authorities continue to investigate the international drug network involved in the case to halt further drug trafficking.
Shaw could be sentenced to life imprisonment or capital punishment under Indonesia’s stringent drug regulations, highlighting the nation’s severe approach and its sizable population on death row for drug offenses.

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