It is a quiet town in County Down sandwiched between two cities, Belfast and Bangor.
US basketball star Brittney Griner, who was arrested in Russia on a similar charge of cannabis possession in 2022, wasin perhaps the most high-profile case.
, with 24 people released in total including the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.At least 10 Americans remain in prison in Russia. They include Gordon Black - a US army staff sergeant who flew to Vladivostok to see his girlfriend and was then accused of stealing from her - and Robert Woodland, who was adopted from Russia as a child and was working as an English teacher when he was convicted of drugs offences.A Russian national imprisoned in a US jail on money laundering charges will be freed in exchange for the release of American schoolteacher Marc Fogel from prison in Russia, authorities have confirmed.
Mr Fogel, a 63-year-old former diplomat, landed at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington, DC late on Tuesday evening, before he was welcomed home by President Donald Trump at the White House.Trump, standing alongside Mr Fogel in the White House, said: "To me he looks damned good."
The president said that another detainee would be freed on Wednesday without giving their name.
Mr Fogel, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had been working as a teacher at the Anglo-American School of Moscow. He had previously worked as a diplomat at the US embassy there.Multiple holidaymakers said they had spent hours waiting for a lift to the airport's security area.
The airport said it had an active year-round recruitment campaign for security officers and recent problems were down to a technical issue.A source told the BBC that the number of vacant positions meant security staff felt overstretched, making it harder to recruit and retain staff.
It comes as the airport has been undergoing improvements for more than a year, with multi million-pound upgrades to its security hall nearing completion.But it has meant delays for passengers at busy periods, and issues began again ahead of the May bank holiday.