To make sure you never miss out on your favourite NEW stories, we're happy to send you some reminders

Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications

'Stranger Things' Actor Charlie Heaton 'Denied Entry Into US After Being Caught With Cocaine’

'Stranger Things' Actor Charlie Heaton 'Denied Entry Into US After Being Caught With Cocaine’

The 23-year-old was allegedly caught by sniffer dogs.

James Dawson

James Dawson

Stranger Things actor Charlie Heaton was forced to miss the show's premiere in Los Angeles after he was reportedly denied entry into the when officials found traces cocaine.

Charlie, who plays Jonathan Byers in the hit Netflix show, flew into Los Angeles International Airport from London only to be sent all the way back home.

The 23-year-old was caught by sniffer dogs with traces of gak on his possessions.

Credit: Netflix / Stranger Things

A source reportedly told The Sun that it was a 'very small amount' of the substance.

They added that the Yorkshire-born actor wasn't arrested but he was made to fly back to the UK.

"He was not arrested. He was held at the airport for a while and then put back on a plane to London that night. If you are a foreign national and it is a large amount of drugs you may be charged," they claimed to the paper.

"But if it is personal use, the consequences are that you will not be allowed in to the country. US law is very strict on this."

Credit: Netflix / Stranger Things

He will be allowed to enter the US again after he reapplies for admission.

A spokesman for US Customs and Border Protection said: "Privacy concerns prevent us from discussing individual cases of travellers arriving at US ports of entry.

"Foreign nationals may be inadmissible due to the commission of a crime involving drug possession."

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the cast were paid $30,000 (£22,785) per episode for both seasons one and two.

Earning them a not-insignificant $240,000 (£182,280) for season one and $270,000 (£205,065) for season two, because there's one more episode in the second season.

Credit: Netflix / Stranger Things

The inspiration behind the much-hyped show was actually based on real-life experiments.

The writers behind the show, The Duffer Brothers, spoke to Vulture about their inspiration: "When we were first starting to talk about the idea [for the show], we had talked about a paranormal-missing child story line.

"Then we were talking about some of the mysterious government experiments that we felt were happening at the tail end of the Cold War, right when rumoured [projects] like MKUltra were ramping down."

Featured Image Credit: Netflix / Stranger Things

Topics: Television, Entertainment News, Film and TV, Stranger Things, Cocaine, Netflix