WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic champion Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia for three weeks

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she was arrested for having vape cartridges in her luggage at a Moscow airport

Griner, 31, who won the WNBA championship in 2014 with the Phoenix Mercury

Russia’s Interfax news agency reported a female US basketball player was arrested in February at Sheremetyevo Airport

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A drug-sniffing dog indicated narcotics in her luggage

When the bag was X-rayed, “so-called ‘vapes’ ” were discovered “with a specific odor,”

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The expert found that the liquid is a narcotic drug cannabis oil (hashish oil)

Her team, the Phoenix Mercury, confirmed a “situation in Russia” without mentioning specifics.

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Griner has played during the WNBA off-season for the Russian team Ekaterinburg in the Euroleague since 2015.

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