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Mackenzie Phillips Busted at Airport

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(Aug. 27) - Former teen star Mackenzie Phillips has beenarrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance aftershe allegedly was found carrying drugs at Los Angeles InternationalAirport.

Airport police Sgt. Jim Holcomb said the co-star of the oldsitcom "One Day At a Time" was arrested Wednesday.

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

Phillips is the daughter of John Phillips, the late leader ofthe singing group the Mamas and the Papas. She has struggled withdrug addiction in the past and was fired from "One Day At aTime," which ran from 1975 to 1984, for drug-related causes.

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

The news was first reported by TMZ.

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