A former U.S. diplomat, who had diplomatic immunity until last May, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being accused of “large-scale” cannabis smuggling.
Citing Russia’s Interfax news agency, BBC reported he pleaded guilty to smuggling, storing, transporting, manufacturing and processing narcotic drugs and was sentenced to serve his prison term at a maximum-security penal colony.
“He insists that it was medical marijuana and claims that a doctor prescribed it to him in the United States, which is allegedly confirmed by an entry in the medical record,” Alexander Khurudzhi, a member of a Moscow Human Rights Committee, reportedly told Interfax last December, per CBS.
“He claims he was unaware of Russia’s ban on medical marijuana,” Khurudhzi added.
The sentence arrives as Griner’s detention enters its fourth month. The women’s basketball star was allegedly caught attempting to enter the
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