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Posted: 2022-03-05T16:23:56Z | Updated: 2022-03-06T15:49:02Z

WNBA player Brittney Griner was arrested on drug charges in Russia in February and seems to still be detained in the country.

The Russian Federal Customs Service issued a statement on Saturday saying that a United States citizen who is a gold medal-winning basketball player was detained in Sheremetyevo Airport near Moscow last month after customs workers said they found vapes containing cannabis oil in her luggage.

Multiple Russian news outlets, including TASS and Lenta.ru , later identified the basketball player as Griner. Additionally, a video released by the customs service appeared to show Griner, The New York Times reported .

The statement said officials have opened a criminal drug smuggling case against the athlete. The offense carries a penalty of five to 10 years in prison.

Griner, 31, is a center for the Phoenix Mercury and won gold medals with the U.S. womens national basketball team in the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.