Reggae legend's son held in Dubai for drug possession

Dubai, Sep 11 (UNI) A man claiming to be Reggae legend Bob Marley's son was detained here for possessing marijuana.

Police said they arrested a man on Thursday morning at Dubai Airport for possessing a 'small amount of marijuana'. "The passenger had a Canadian passport bearing the name Robert Arnold, and was travelling from the US to Ethiopia. He was in transit here." The suspect, who police say is in his late twenties or early thirties, then told officials that he is the son of the legendary Bob Marley.

"He said he is a Rastafarian. He has black dreadlocks and has been telling everyone that he is Bob Marley's son," the officer said, according to the Gulf News.

The daily could not independently confirm whether the suspect is indeed Marley's son.

The case has been forwarded to the public prosecution.

Marley died in 1981 of 36 of cancer at the age of 36.

UNI