'There remain too many families with loved ones wrongfully detained,' Griner wrote in a letter posted on her Instagram account.
U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, stands inside a defendants' cage before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/File Photo
The two-time Olympic gold medallist and eight-time Women's National Basketball Association All-Star was arrested in February at an airport outside Moscow for carrying vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage. "Thanks to the efforts of many, including you, I am home after nearly 10 months," Griner wrote in a letter posted on her Instagram account.
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