Jaycee Chan, the son of the Hollywood actor, Jackie Chan has been arrested on drug related charges.
Jaycee Chan faces three years in jail if found guilty of drugs charges, police say
BBC reports that the 31 year old Jaycee Chan was arrested alongside
Taiwanese movie star Kai Ko, 23, on Thursday, with more than 100 grams
of the drug. The Beijing police Command made it known that both men
tested positive to drug when examined in which over 100grams of the said
drug was found in Mr Chan’s house.
Jaycee’s father and martial arts star Jackie (Right) has travelled to Beijing to assist in the case, his publicist says
Beijing police said in a statement on their official micro blog that
their arrest came due to an ongoing crackdown on drugs which has already
netted several celebrity figures. Although it was made known that the
Police are not targeting celebrities, many celebrities have however been
found guilty of this act. Gao Hu, 40, who appeared in the 2011 Zhang
Yimou film “The Flowers of War”, was detained earlier this month for
possession of marijuana and meth amphetamines, state media said.
Jaycee Chan (L) and Kai Ko (R) are the latest celebrities to be netted in the high-profiled crackdown
It would be recalled that Chinese president, Xi Jinping had in
June, called for “forceful measures” to tackle illegal drug use.
Chinese actor Gao Hu was arrested in August for drug possession
Last week, 42 artist management agencies in Beijing signed an
agreement with police pledging not to recruit celebrities with reported
drug use problems.
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