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Griner is a member of the WNBA team the Phoenix Mercury and an Olympic gold medalist

The WNBA star has reportedly been detained in Russia since February.

Antony Blinken weighed in on the WNBA star’s situation in Russia.

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.

Griner arrested in February at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said her luggage contained vape cartridges.

Washington (AFP) - US basketball star Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA champion, has been detained in Moscow on charges of carrying vape cartridges that contained cannabis oil in her luggage.

‘What a nightmare scenario. I cannot even imagine what she must be feeling,’ tweeted New York Times columnist Roxane Gay

U.S. basketball officials said on Saturday they were closely monitoring the situation surrounding seven-time WNBA All-Star player Brittney Griner after Russia said it had detained a U.S. player last month for possession of vape cartridges containing hash oil.

 WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner is being detained in Russia after Customs Agents said found vape cartridges that contained hash oil in her luggage,  a crime that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, at the Sheremetyevo airport near Moscow.