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NY POST PHOTO: Cameron Douglas, busted in dad Michael's hotel room, was allegedly involved in a meth deal. And the Oscar for biggest ne'er-do-well brat child of a legendary acting family goes to -- Cameron Douglas. The son of Academy Award winner Michael Douglas has been arrested once again -- this time in the Big Apple for getting in the middle of a deal to sell an eye-popping pile of crystal meth, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. The 30-year-old sometime-actor/sometime-DJ was busted on July 28 at the Gansevoort Hotel in the Meatpacking District by a DEA task force, the sources said. He had been staying at the hotel for some time in a room rented by his father, and when authorities barged in, they found the place a mess and Cameron Douglas "very strung out," according to the sources. An informant had told the investigators that Douglas -- grandson of Kirk Douglas -- was the middleman in a deal to move a half-pound of crystal meth from California to New York to sell. The drugs were intercepted before they got to New York. Methamphetamine sells for approximately $80 a gram -- meaning Douglas had allegedly dealt about $18,000 worth. After the arrest, Douglas' father was informed and was "furious," a source said. A spokesman for Michael Douglas did not return a call for comment. A spokeswoman for the US Attorney's Office declined to comment. The sources said that as of Friday, Douglas was still being held. In 2007, he was arrested with another man after being pulled over in Santa Barbara, Calif., with a bottle of liquid cocaine and a syringe in the car. In 1999 -- when he was working as a DJ at the notorious Tunnel club in Chelsea -- he was busted buying cocaine with a gal pal from a drug dealer being tailed by cops. Aside from his arrests, Douglas is best known for starring with his father and grandfather in 2003's "It Runs in the Family."
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