Arrest
On 1 June 2007 he was arrested in Keflavik International Airport when coming from Frankfurt, Germany, and found to have 2 kilos of cocaine on his person. He was sentenced to two weeks custody while the authorities investigated whether the drugs were his or he was carrying the drugs for someone else. His career went straight downhill after the first few months of Idol-fame. Prior to being arrested he had been working on a fishing boat.
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