Charlie Heaton 'Stranger Things' Star Busted with Coke Denied Entry to U.S. 
 
 'Stranger Things' Star Charlie Heaton Busted with Cocaine at LAX 
 
 Here's something a little strange -- Charlie Heaton got kicked out of the U.S. because he was allegedly caught with cocaine at the airport ... TMZ has learned. 
 
 Law enforcement sources tell us ... the "Stranger Things" star flew into LAX last Saturday from London, but was denied entry because a random baggage check uncovered trace amounts of cocaine in his bag. 
 
 We're told since Heaton didn't have a previous record, he was allowed to withdraw his application to enter the country and get on a plane back to London instead of being arrested. 
 
 Our sources say he will be allowed to enter the U.S. again ... but not until he reapplies for admission. 
 
 This airport incident is why Heaton was noticeably missing from the Netflix Season 2 premiere party for "Stranger Things" Thursday night in L.A. 

 Charlie Heaton, the actor who portrays Jonathan Byers on the hit Netflix show Stranger Things, was detained at LAX Saturday for alleged cocaine possession, PEOPLE confirms. 
 
 The 23-year-old British actor was denied entry into the United States and sent back to the United Kingdom the same day, a law enforcement official confirms to PEOPLE. 
 
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 Authorities allegedly found cocaine on the actor as he arrived into the country. Heaton was detained but not arrested. 
 
 A representative for Heaton did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. 
 
 The actor was flying into the U.S. ahead of Netflix’s A-list premiere party for his show’s second season. 
 
 Heaton was noticeably absent on Thursday night as his costars Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin and Dacre Montgomery posed for pictures and celebrated the Netflix release. 
 
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 A statement obtained by PEOPLE from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection says any “foreign national may be inadmissible due to the commission of a crime involving drug possession.” 
 
 “A violation, conspiracy to violate or simply an attempt to violate any U.S. State, federal or any foreign government controlled substance violation renders a foreign national inadmissible to the United States,” it reads. 
 
 It was not clear how much time Heaton would be denied entry into the U.S. 
 
 The Sun was first to report the incident.
– The second season of Stranger Things just launched on Netflix, and this is clearly not the headline creators were expecting: One of the show's actors, Charlie Heaton, was barred entry to the US because trace amounts of cocaine were found in his bag at LAX airport in Los Angeles, reports TMZ. The 23-year-old British actor appears to have caught a break, however. Because he doesn't have a criminal record, authorities let him return to London rather than face arrest. Heaton had been flying in to the US to attend the Netflix premiere party Thursday night, and the incident explains why he was "noticeably absent," per People. Heaton will be able to return to the US eventually, though it's not clear when.