Hours after Brittney Griner’s Russian detention was extended to May 19, reports surfaced that consular officials have not had access to Griner, according to ESPN’s TJ Quinn.
The U.S. State Department insisted that the “Russian government provide consular access to all U.S. citizen detainees in Russia, including this in pre-trial detention” like Griner, per Quinn.
Griner has been in Russian detention since February after the Russian Federal Customs Service says it discovered vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow.
Hashish oil is a more concentrated form of marijuana, and is often used in vape form.