As WNBA player Brittney Griner remains detained in Russia, her family is hurting, while one elected official amplified calls for her release.

Cherelle T. Griner, the wife of the Phoenix Mercury basketball star, wrote Monday in an Instagram caption "there are no words to express this pain. I'm hurting, we're hurting. We await the day to love on you as a family."

Griner has been in custody since February due to alleged drug charges, although the Russian Federal Customs Service didn't release footage of Griner, identified by Russia state-operated news agency Tass, at an airport screening until Saturday. The two-time Olympic gold medalist allegedly was stopped for carrying hashish oil in her luggage. The punishment, according to Russian officials, could carry a prison sentence of up to 10 years.

"My heart, our hearts, are all skipping beats everyday that goes by," Cherelle Griner wrote. "I miss your voice. I miss your presence. You’re our person!"

CNN reported Tuesday that Russian state television aired on Saturday a photo of Griner holding a piece of paper at a police station. The photo was taken after Griner's arrest, the network said. The CNN report also included footage of a Russian Federal Customs service official confirming that a "criminal case has been opened against an American for smuggling a significant amount of drugs."

(There have been several false cases against Americans in the past, used as political leverage by the Russian government, according to an NPR report.)