US women’s basketball superstar Brittney Griner is currently in custody in Russia, having been arrested on 17 February by the Russian Federal Customs Service after they found cannabis oil cartridges for a vape pen in her luggage at Sheremetyevo Airport.
The 31-year-old Texan was returning to the country to play for UMMC Ekaterinburg, a Russian Premier League team she has represented since 2014 to supplement the wages she earns playing with Phoenix Mercury in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).
