WNBA Star Brittney Griner Facing 10 Years In Russian Prison After Customs Say They Found Hashish Oil In Her Bag At Airport
WNBA star Brittney Griner is facing serious charges in Russia after she was allegedly found carrying drugs at the airport.
On Saturday morning, the Russian Federal Customs Service released a statement saying that a United States citizen was detained last month after customs found vapes containing cannabis oil in her luggage. The United States citizen was later identified as Griner, who was in the country playing professional basketball.
Via NY Times
The Russian Federal Customs Service said Saturday that its officials had detained an American basketball player after finding vape cartridges that contained hashish oil in her luggage at the Sheremetyevo airport near Moscow.
The Customs Service said in a statement that the player had won two Olympic gold medals with the United States, but it did not release the player’s name. The Russian news agency TASS, citing a law enforcement source, identified the player as Brittney Griner, a seven-time W.N.B.A. All-Star center for the Phoenix Mercury. Griner, 31, won gold medals with the U.S. women’s national basketball team in 2021 and 2016.
Griner is currently facing 10 years in Russian prison if convicted on “large-scale transportation of drugs.”
According to the statement, a criminal case has been opened into the large-scale transportation of drugs, which can carry a sentence of up to 10 years behind bars in Russia. The basketball player was taken into custody while the investigation was ongoing, the officials said.
Team USA, the WNBA, and the Phoenix Mercury have all released statements on Griner’s arrest in Russia while the country is engaged in a war with Ukraine.
The post WNBA Star Brittney Griner Facing 10 Years In Russian Prison After Customs Say They Found Hashish Oil In Her Bag At Airport appeared first on BroBible.
#DmtDailySports
via https://www.DMT.NEWS
Jorge Alonso, Khareem Sudlow
