Former teen star arrested
28/08/2008 12:05  - (SA)  

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Los Angeles - Former teen star Mackenzie Phillips has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance after she allegedly was found carrying drugs at Los Angeles International Airport.

Airport police Sergeant Jim Holcomb said the co-star of the sitcom One Day At a Time was arrested on Wednesday.

The 48-year-old Phillips was heading to New York when she failed to pass a security screening and a secondary search turned up a small amount of cocaine and heroin in her possession, he said.

Phillips is the daughter of John Phillips, the late leader of the singing group the Mamas and the Papas.

She has struggled with drug addiction in the past and was fired from One Day At a Time, which ran from 1975 to 1984, for drug-related reasons.

She went on to star in the Disney Channel series So Weird and has made intermittent TV appearances in recent years.

- AP

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