Jarred Dwayne Shaw, an American centre for the Tangerang Hawks in the Indonesian Basketball League, was arrested on 7 May 2025 in the lobby of his Tangerang apartment when undercover officers intercepted a parcel sent from Thailand holding 132 THC-infused gummies.[1][2] Airport customs had tipped off police about the suspicious airway package, which police said contained 869 grams of cannabinoid, and Shaw told interrogators he had wanted to share the sweets with fellow players.[1] Soekarno-Hatta airport police chief Ronald Sipayung said Shaw faced life imprisonment or the death penalty under Indonesia’s drug laws, and the Hawks fired him while the league banned him for life.[1]
Shaw did not reach court until four months after his arrest.[2] On 9 December 2025 the court convicted him of drug possession and imposed 26 months in prison, sparing him the trafficking enhancements that carry death or life terms.[2] Shaw, who has Crohn’s disease, said he used the gummies medicinally and had not known Indonesian law.[2] His advocate Donte West called the verdict a victory that gives Shaw “a chance to get home” to his family.[2]