The girlfriend of actor Cameron Douglas was arrested Monday for allegedly trying to smuggle heroin to him in a toothbrush, a law enforcement source confirms to PEOPLE.
Kelly Sott was busted after passing an electric toothbrush to Douglas in a conference room inside a federal courthouse after a court hearing on his drug charges. She was arrested at the Hotel Gansevoort in Manhattan where she was staying.
Douglas, 30, the son of actor Michael Douglas, was arrested at the same hotel last week and faces a methamphetamine-dealing charge.
Douglas had been on house-arrest at the New York home of his stepmother, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and went to court for an appearance Monday, where he asked his girlfriend to bring him a toothbrush, the law enforcement source tells PEOPLE. Later, authorities discovered the heroin in the toothbrush.
Dime bags of heroin were hidden inside the handle of the toothbrush, according to the New York NBC affiliate, which first reported the story.
The law enforcement source says Douglas’s bail is likely to be remanded
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