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American basketball star Brittney Griner detained in Russia on drug charges, faces up to 10 years in prison
Fox News ^ | March 5, 2022 | Paulina Dedaj

Posted on 03/05/2022 11:03:10 AM PST by McGruff

WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia and could face up to 10 years in prison after customs officers found "vapes" containing hashish oil in her luggage back in February, reports say.

The Russian Federal Customs Service released a statement Saturday confirming that an American "two-time Olympic basketball champion" had been taken into custody in February after a narcotics' dog at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow alerted the athlete’s luggage.

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To: McGruff

I guess her “Do you know who I am?” card didn’t work in Putin’s Russia.


61 posted on 03/05/2022 12:58:15 PM PST by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: McGruff

I guess she will experience, first hand, Russian privilege.

They don’t look favorably on gays.


62 posted on 03/05/2022 1:10:03 PM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: BenLurkin

Hear her speak and you’ll really think that.


63 posted on 03/05/2022 1:10:44 PM PST by farmguy
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To: McGruff

Here in America, we distribute drug supplies. I guess it’s for the children.


64 posted on 03/05/2022 1:16:59 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: McGruff

Maybe we could get Jo Jo the Pedophile Clown to threaten Pooty Pooh or something. Maybe the Hollowoodies could cancel Pooty’s tickets to their new “gay” movie, “The Power of the Dog”. LOL! I know that would wreck Pooty’s War.


65 posted on 03/05/2022 1:17:58 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." - Col. David Crockett to the U.S. Congress.)
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To: rrrod

You had a handgun with hashish hidden inside?


66 posted on 03/05/2022 1:24:02 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: McGruff

Look out for Shaft in Russia.


67 posted on 03/05/2022 1:26:41 PM PST by oblomov
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To: McGruff

She’s an athlete. She’s not expected to be smart. Almost anyone though is smart enough to know you don’t take controlled substances to places like Russia.

Unless they planted it on her. Not impossible.


68 posted on 03/05/2022 1:26:52 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: McGruff

was she coming into russa or leaving russa??? article does not say


69 posted on 03/05/2022 1:28:11 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!you)
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To: McGruff

She’s a druggie. Joe has a soft spot in his heart for druggies. He’ll make sure he/she/it gets released.


70 posted on 03/05/2022 1:31:08 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: McGruff
If she broke their law, she should be punished according to their law. Only an arrogant idea would go to another Country and do this.
71 posted on 03/05/2022 1:34:31 PM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: McGruff

hasn’t played the race-card yet? i don’t think they accept it...


72 posted on 03/05/2022 1:56:40 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: steve86

lol...


73 posted on 03/05/2022 2:09:45 PM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: McGruff

LOL
not too bright to be in russia right now.
not too bright to smuggle hash oil


74 posted on 03/05/2022 2:14:06 PM PST by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: McGruff

Gonna see what REAL white supremacy looks like.


75 posted on 03/05/2022 2:14:56 PM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: McGruff

” Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.”
“ Don’t do it!”


76 posted on 03/05/2022 2:20:54 PM PST by Doob ("My mass x my velocity = your A**" - Early Cuyler)
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To: Rummyfan
When one is in a foreign country, one must respect the local laws.

Millions of illegal aliens have a big ol' belly laugh.


77 posted on 03/05/2022 2:23:37 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Not all countries are as forgiving as ours.


78 posted on 03/05/2022 2:39:09 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: McGruff

Drug user? Let her rot in jail, whether Russian, Chinese, or US. I don’t care.


79 posted on 03/05/2022 2:47:27 PM PST by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: McGruff

This obv could easily be a complete set up.
I’m having a hard time finding compassion given the absolute zero compassion towards the J6 folks.


80 posted on 03/05/2022 2:47:41 PM PST by Freest Republican
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