Jarred Shaw, Dallas native and basketball player in Indonesia, could face death penalty over cannabis candy

An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested after allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, Indonesian authorities said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad. Jarred Shaw is accused of smuggling cannabis candy Jarred Dwayne Shaw, 34, from Dallas, was arrested May 7, after police raided his apartment just outside the capital, Jakarta, and seized 132 pieces of cannabis candies, said Ronald Sipayung, the Soekarno-Hatta Airport police chief. Shaw played college basketball at Oklahoma State and Utah State. He attended Dallas ISD's Carter...