*This story first appeared on SFGATE
A former minor league player for the Golden State Warriors is facing a possible death sentence in Indonesia after authorities arrested him on suspicion of having cannabis edibles.
Jarred Dwayne Shaw, who plays professional basketball in Indonesia, was arrested May 7 after authorities raided his apartment near Jakarta and found 132 pieces of cannabis edible candies, according to the Associated Press. The arrest came after authorities said Shaw received a suspicious package shipped from Thailand, where medical cannabis has been legalized.
Drugs including cannabis are illegal in the southeast Asian country, with penalties for drug possession as high as death by firing squad. Four people were executed by firing squad in 2016 for drug crimes in Indonesia, according to the Associated Press.
Shaw is originally from Texas and played college basketball at Oklahoma State and Utah State. The center was drafted in the 2015 Development League Draft by the Santa Cruz Warriors, Golden State’s minor league team, and played 17 games for the team during the 2015-16 season. Shaw then went overseas to pursue a professional career, playing in Argentina, Tunisia, Thailand, Japan, Uruguay, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon before spending the past three seasons bouncing around different teams in Indonesia.
Shaw’s arrest has been immediately compared to that of Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was sentenced in 2022 to nine years in Russian jail after bringing a THC vape pen into the country. She was later released to the United States in December 2022 as part of a prisoner swap negotiated by the Joe Biden administration.
Shaw appeared to be yelling “Help … help!” when he was arrested, according to a social media video seen by the Associated Press. He later appeared silently at a news conference with authorities. It’s not clear if he has been charged with a crime.