Los Angeles ? Brad Renfro was arrested in a sting operation after he allegedly tried to buy heroin near downtown’s Skid Row, police said.

The 23-year-old actor was booked for investigation of felony attempting to possess heroin, Detective Ron Hodges said.

“He was intending to buy real heroin from an undercover officer,” Hodges said.

Renfro, the star of the 1994 film “The Client,” was caught during a random sting operation Thursday that resulted in the arrests of 14 other suspects, Hodges said.