Police have arrested former vice-president and current environmental activist Al Gore's son, also named Albert Gore, after finding marijuana and narcotics in his low-emissions car, authorities have said.
Orange County Sheriff's deputies spotted Mr Gore's blue Toyota Prius going more than 160 kilometres and hour on the I-5, the main north-south highway on the west coast, early on Wednesday, police said.
When they pulled him over, police said they smelled marijuana, searched the car and allegedly found more of the drug, as well as vicodin, valium, xantax, and adderal, which is used to treat attention deficit disorder.
"He did not have prescriptions for any of these medications,'' sheriff's department spokesman Jim Amormino said.
Mr Gore was arrested and is being held on $20,000 ($23,321) bail.
"He is still in custody,'' Mr Amormino said.
Mr Gore, 24, lives in Los Angeles and told authorities he was headed south to San Diego, Mr Amormino said.
The arrest comes just days before Al Gore senior is due to join a series of concerts to raise awareness of global warming, "Live Earth.''
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