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| Obama half-brother on drug charge | Obama half-brother on drug charge |
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| The Kenyan half-brother of President Barack Obama has been arrested for alleged marijuana possession. | The Kenyan half-brother of President Barack Obama has been arrested for alleged marijuana possession. |
| George Obama was arrested in Nairobi with one joint of marijuana, police chief Joshua Omokulongolo said. | George Obama was arrested in Nairobi with one joint of marijuana, police chief Joshua Omokulongolo said. |
| "He is not a drug peddler. But it is illegal, it is a banned substance," he said. Mr Obama has denied the allegations. | "He is not a drug peddler. But it is illegal, it is a banned substance," he said. Mr Obama has denied the allegations. |
| The US president and George Obama share the same father, but are thought to have only met each other briefly. | The US president and George Obama share the same father, but are thought to have only met each other briefly. |
| George Obama, who is in his 20s, is due in court on Monday. | George Obama, who is in his 20s, is due in court on Monday. |
| "They took me from my home," George Obama told reporters in Nairobi from his jail cell. " I don't know why they are charging me." | "They took me from my home," George Obama told reporters in Nairobi from his jail cell. " I don't know why they are charging me." |
| Kenyan family | Kenyan family |
| Last year, George Obama told Vanity Fair magazine that he had only met his more famous half-brother twice, once when he was five and once when he visited East Africa in 2006. | |
| Of their second meeting, George reportedly said:"It was very brief, we spoke for just a few minutes. It was like meeting a complete stranger." | |
| He has also said that he is studying to be a mechanic and works with a local youth group in Huruma, the area in Nairobi where he lives with his extended family. | |
| He is the youngest of his father's seven children and was born six months after his father died in a car crash in 1982. | He is the youngest of his father's seven children and was born six months after his father died in a car crash in 1982. |
| Several of the president's Kenyan relatives went to Washington for his inauguration on 20 January, though George Obama did not. | Several of the president's Kenyan relatives went to Washington for his inauguration on 20 January, though George Obama did not. |
| The American president described his half brother as a " handsome, roundheaded boy with a wary gaze" in his book, Dreams From My Father. | The American president described his half brother as a " handsome, roundheaded boy with a wary gaze" in his book, Dreams From My Father. |