American basketball player Greiner arrested in Moscow pleads guilty to drug smuggling
Arrested in Moscow, Olympic basketball champion Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug smuggling. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
The athlete in court refused to challenge the charges against her. At the same time, the lawyers of the American woman insisted on the illegality of her arrest. According to them, this happened 48 hours after the arrest, which is a violation of the law. The lawyers also considered the detention in a pre-trial detention center as an unreasonably strict measure of restraint and asked to replace it with house arrest.
Greiner’s arrest became known on March 5. The American woman was detained at the capital’s Sheremetyevo airport. Several vapes containing banned cannabis oil were found in her luggage. After that, the athlete was taken into custody.
Greiner has been playing for the Yekaterinburg UMMC since 2015. Basketball player – two-time Olympic champion and two-time world champion in the US team.
Source: Lenta
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