Noah has back-to-back brushes with law in Florida

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Chicago Bulls player Joakim Noah was ticketed for driving without a valid licence just hours after being charged with drug possession, The Gainesville Sun reported Wednesday.

Noah, who recently completed his first National Basketball Association season, was stopped for speeding and not wearing his safety belt on Sunday night when police discovered he was also driving with a suspended licence.

It was the second brush with the law in a span of 24 hours for Noah, who was arrested Sunday on charges of marijuana possession and having an open alcohol container.

In the first instance, Noah was stopped in the early hours Sunday when a policeman saw him on the pavement carrying a plastic cup containing an "amber-colored" liquid, according to the...