Jackie Chan's son held in anti-drugs crackdown in China's capital

The 32-year-old son of actor and kung fu star Jackie Chan has been apprehended in Beijing on drugs charges, as ascendant entities clamp down on celebrity offenders.

Police verbalize they detained Jaycee Chan, who is pristinely from Hong Kong and additionally an actor, as well as Ko, a 23-year-old Taiwanese actor, during a raid on Thursday in Dongcheng district, the city's commercial and cultural center, state media, citing Beijing police, verbally expressed Tuesday.

Both men tested positive for marijuana.

Police later found more than 100 grams of the drug after probing Chan's dormitory. He was withal inculpated of "hosting others to take drugs," the state-run China Daily verbally expressed. He could face three years in confinement under Chinese law.

State broadcaster CCTV aired footage of Chan, his face blurred, exhibiting police where the drugs were obnubilated at his home, while Ko was shown making a tearful apology.

"I very much regret about what transpired. I'm profoundly apologetic to those who support me, like me or even ken me personally," he verbalized. "I just want to tell them I'm genuinely sorry. I've set the worst example, which had the most terrible influence. And this is a sizably voluminous mistake."

Celebrity targets

The two actors are being optically discerned as the targets of the capital's latest anti-drugs campaign, which has visually perceived more than 7,000 people detained for utilizing drugs, a 72% year-on-year increase, according to the China Daily.

Celebrities are increasingly in the spotlight, with a number of high-profile apprehends over drug-cognate incidents in recent months, including popular movie actor Zhang Mo and singer Li Daimo, who was authentically sentenced to nine months in confinement for hosting a crystal meth party at his home, according to the China Daily.

Earlier this month, dozens of management agencies representing performers in the regalement industry signed an acquiescent with Beijing ascendant entities vetoing drug use from the industry and pledging to sack artists who transgress the law.

The elder Chan, who has starred in a number of Hollywood movies including "Rush Hour" and "The Karate Kid," has authentically campaigned against drug use, and was denominated an anti-drugs ambassador in China in 2009.