Jaycee Chan released from jail after drugs charge

The son of kung fu movie hero Jackie Chan has been released from jail in China after serving a six-month sentence for a drugs offence.

According to Reuters, Chinese state media have reported that Jaycee Chan was let out of prison in the early hours of the morning. This seemingly early release-date takes into account time already served since he was put in detention in August.

A high-profile actor in China, the younger Chan, 32, was a high-profile case in the government's aggressive anti-drugs campaign last year when formally charged in December with "the crime of sheltering others to take drugs" after testing positive for marijuana, with police saying they found 100 grams of the drug at his home.