The American women’s basketball star Brittney Grinerwas detained in Russia by the Federal Customs Service at Sheremetyevo Airport, near Moscow, at allegedly entering the country with drugs in your possession.
At first the identity of the player had not been revealedHowever, the Russian news agency TASScited official information from the police and announced that it was Griner, in addition to the fact that the arrest was made last February.
The customs agents inspected Griner’s hand luggagewho was accompanied by his wife, and said they found “material to vape and a liquid with a particular smell”. Later, an expert determined that it was cannabis oil, “an intoxicating substance”says the report of the Russian agency.
Brittney She is a two-time Olympic champion with the representative of the ‘stars and stripes’currently a member of the Phoenix Mercury of his country, however, since 2015, during the off-season of American basketball, he has also plays for the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburgproperty of the oligarch Iskander Makhmudovclose to the president Vladimir Putin.
“We can confirm that while we are working to get her home, her physical and mental health is our primary concern.”Griner’s agent, Lindsay Kagawa Cola, said, declining to give legal details about the case.
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