WNBA star Brittney Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport last month when vape cartridges were allegedly found in her luggage, according to a report from the Associated Press, leaving the 31-year-old Phoenix Mercury center in Russia while the country wages war in Ukraine.
The situation became public Saturday as the Russian Customs Service said the cartridges contained oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. While the customs service only identified the person arrested as a U.S. women's basketball player and did not specify the date of her arrest, Russian media reported the player to be Griner.
"We are aware of the situation with Brittney Griner in Russia and are in close contact with her, her legal representation in Russia, her family, her teams, and the WNBA and NBA," Griner's agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas told the Associated Press on Saturday.
