Bush niece in drug probe

Noelle Bush, the daughter of Florida Governor Jeb Bush and a niece of President George W. Bush, was under investigation yesterday for cocaine possession while attending a drug treatment centre, Orlando police said.

The 25-year-old has had several brushes with the law this year over drugs. In January she allegedly tried to buy the anti-anxiety drug Xanax using a false prescription.

Bush is serving a mandatory term at a drug rehabilitation centre in Orlando.

Police were called to the centre on Tuesday to investigate a complaint that she "was in possession of two grams of a small, white rock substance", later identified as cocaine.