The man from the Solo ads arrested on drug charges

Mark Robert Coutelas, who was famously the face of the Solo Man television ads in the 1980s, has been arrested in Cambodia and charged with drug offences.

The arrest is the latest in a series of events marking a huge change of fortunes for the onetime Sydneysider who made his name in commercials like the one below.

Coutelas looked worse for wear in a picture released by the Cambodian police force:

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The 57-year-old was reportedly arrested at a guesthouse by military police and charged with the unlawful keeping, transporting and trafficking of narcotics.

Coutelas is currently in Preah Sihanouk provincial prison.

What is your take on his sad demise?

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