WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia on drug smuggling charges after vape cartridges were found in her carry-on luggage at a Moscow airport

Brittney Griner, 31, who plays in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury was arrested last month Russia and charge with drug smuggling

A drug sniffing dog was drawn to her luggage at the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow

Russian customs officials inspected the bag and found vape cartridges

She was charge with smuggling a ‘significant amount’ of drugs, a crime carrying a penalty of 5 to 10 years

Griner’s team said that they are ‘monitoring the situation’

The arrest comes as Russia is increasingly cut off from the rest of the world due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine

Credit DailyMail By Janon Fisher For Dailymail.Com17:51 05 Mar 2022, updated 17:51 05 Mar 2022