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'80s Star Mackenzie Phillips Arrested at LAX for Drug Possession
27-Aug-2008
Written by: Marissa Willman
Balloons and baggies filled with heroin and cocaine were found on the actress at airport screening Wednesday morning.
Actress Mackenzie Phillips, from One Day at a Time, was arrested Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport for drug possession, according to People.com.
"She was being screened by airport security when a small amount of what appeared to be heroin and cocaine were found on her person," Sgt. Jim Holcomb said. "She was arrested at about 10 a.m. and is still in custody."
Around 10:00 a.m. this morning, police responded to terminal 4, where Mackenzie was going through the screening process by the TSA.
"The substances were found in balloons and baggies," he told People.
The 48-year-old actress has struggled with drug addiction and it led to her termination from One Day at a Time.
The daughter of the Mamas and the Papas founder and singer, John Phillips, has been battling her addiction since her sitcom days in the '70s, and went to rehab in 1981 to kick the habit.
Phillips attempted to revive her career on Disney’s So Weird in the late 1990s. She played a former rock star transitioning to motherhood.
A representative for Phillips was not immediately available for comment.
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