WNBA star Brittney Griner was arrested in mid-February at a Moscow airport, and Russia’s Customs Service has opened a criminal case against Griner for the “large-scale transportation of drugs,” per The New York Times.
This can carry a jail sentence of up to 10 years in Russia.
In a video released a few weeks ago, she can be seen going through a security checkpoint at the airport, and the video cuts to the next frame, where an individual is looking through the contents of her bag.