U-custody extended by US basketball player Griner

Russia's authorities have extended the pre-trial detention of the two-time basketball Olympic champion Brittney Griner by one month.

As the lawyer of the 31-year-old American, Alexander Boykow, told the news agency "AP" on Friday, the relatively short extension of the custody speaks for the soon to negotiate the case. Griner was shown in handcuffs for her short hearing, Boykow reported.

After her arrest, Griner has been in custody for almost three months because of the accusation of drug possession at Scheremetjewo Airport. A court in the Moscow area in the city of Chimki had initially extended the arrest until May 19.

As the Interfax news agency reported at the beginning of March, citing Russian customs, so-called VAPE cartridges and hashish oil are said to have been discovered in February. According to the information, she threatens five to ten years in prison.

Griner has also played the UMMC Jekaterinburg team in the Urals since 2015. With the Russian top club she won the Euroleague four times. The 26th season of the North American basketball league of women WNBA recently began without a grin. Her club Phoenix Mercury lost to Las Vegas Aces at the start with 88: 106.