The half-brother of President Barack Obama was arrested for alleged possession of marijuana on Saturday near his home in a Nairobi shantytown, police said.
George Obama, who is in his 20s and barely knows the president, had one joint of marijuana on him, said Joshua Omokulongolo, the police chief in the area.
“He is not a drug peddler,” Omokulongolo told The Associated Press. “But it’s illegal, it’s a banned substance.”
George Obama has a court appearance scheduled Monday morning.
He and the president have the same father, who died in a car crash in 1982.
Several of President Obama’s Kenyan relatives went to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration, but George was not among them. He lives in Huruma with extended family.
(Source: Fox News)
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Big deal. It should be legal and taxed just like whiskey and cigarettes to help pay for this economic crisis.
This bulletin has made headlines worldwide, while most of the readership remains clueless as to why this story is at all news-worthy.
poor guy i wonder how he takes it knowing that his brother is president and he’s in custody.