Suspect detained for providing drugs to teen idol Haim
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Police in California have detained a man suspected of providing drugs which had caused actor Corey Haim to collapse and die, Los Angeles Times said Wednesday on its website.
Christine Gasparac, spokeswoman for the state attorney general's office did not identify the detainee.
The newspaper quoted her as saying: "I can confirm there has been an arrest, but I have no other details."
But the spokeswoman said the suspect might have not directly provided the drugs that caused the death of the 1980s teen heartthrob.
Two days after Haim's death on March 10, state Attorney General Jerry Brown said his office was investigating a "massive" drug ring that provided prescriptions for Haim.
An unauthorized prescription drug under Haim's name was found during an ongoing investigation of fraudulent prescription drug pads ordered from a San Diego vendor, the newspaper said.
The drug ring operates by using stolen doctor identities to order prescription drug pads from authorized sellers. The prescription forms are then sold on the street to addicts or drug dealers who have them filled at pharmacies.
Doctors whose names are used on the prescriptions are usually unaware that their identities have been stolen.
Investigators have so far uncovered about 5,000 fraudulent prescriptions linked to the drug ring, the state attorney general said.
Haim collapsed in the apartment he shared with his mother Judy and was pronounced dead two and a half hours later after he was rushed to a hospital in Burbank, California.
He was laid to rest on Tuesday in Toronto of Canada after a small family service. About 200 close friends and family members participated in the funeral.
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