After being arrested in Russia for illegal drug smuggling, WNBA star Brittney Griner\u2019s new business venture is ensuring no other traveler has the same harrowing experience.<\/p>\n
Nearly four years after WNBA star Brittney Griner<\/a> was detained at a Russian airport after authorities found vape cartridges containing cannabis oil <\/a>in her luggage, the basketball star\u2019s newest venture aims to ensure travelers feel safer when carrying medications abroad.<\/p>\n Griner has launched Zennjet<\/a>, a new travel membership company designed to help people who rely on prescription medications feel safer and better informed during international travel.<\/p>\n The arrest that changed everything<\/p>\n On February 17, 2022, Griner was apprehended at Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) in Moscow, Russia, when customs officials found vape cartridges containing hash oil in her luggage. Griner was returning to Russia to play basketball with UMMC Ekaterinburg, a professional women\u2019s team she began playing <\/a>for in 2014.<\/p>\n Griner had been prescribed medicinal cannabis in Arizona for pain management. However, cannabis is illegal in Russia. The Olympic champion was later found guilty of illegal drug smuggling and sentenced to nine years in prison. She spent nearly 10 months in Russian custody before being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange for Viktor Bout<\/a>, a Russian arms dealer.<\/p>\n Griner has repeatedly described her experience as terrifying,<\/a> saying it pushed her toward advocacy in hopes that no one else would have to endure a similar ordeal.<\/p>\n \u201cI never want anybody to go through what I went through. I\u2019m aware that I\u2019m very blessed and very lucky to have an agency team, my wife and everybody behind me,\u201d Griner told USA Today <\/a>in a December 2025 interview announcing the launch of Zennjet. \u201cI want people to be able to be aware, informed and to know where they\u2019re going, where they\u2019re traveling.\u201d<\/p>\n \/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js<\/a><\/p>\n What is Zennjet?<\/p>\n