He was once the Solo Man, an Australian soft drink advertising star from the 1980s famous for man-of-action feats like canoeing off cliff faces.

Now Mark Robert Coutelas has be charged in Cambodia with using and selling the drug ice, just years after being jailed in Thailand for drug offences.

Coutelas was arrested at a guesthouse by military police in the coastal city Sihanoukville on Monday, provincial deputy military police commander Keo Sophal said.

The 57-year-old appeared at Preah Sihanouk provincial court on Tuesday and was charged with the unlawful keeping, transporting or trafficking of narcotics.

Court spokesman Lim Bunheng said Coutelas had "admitted" to previously being sentenced to two years imprisonment in Thailand for "drug trafficking".

Coutelas is being held at Preah Sihanouk provincial prison and will face court at a later date.

According to Thai reports, in 2014 he was arrested at an apartment on the resort island of Phuket in possession of a hand gun, ammunition and a small amount of crystal methamphetamine. He was later jailed.

In a May 25 post on his Facebook page, Coutelas tells a friend: "Living in Sihanoukville Cambodia at this minute in Phnom Pehn. I LOVE CHANG CLUB!!! I miss you buddy. Me blacklist (sic) for (sic) Thailand 110 years (sic)."

Earlier this year, he also posted he had begun a new business, Back Pain Solutions Sihanoukvill, following on from his experience as a chiropractor in Australia.

He also describes himself as "Living a simple happy life in the present moment without causing anyone or anything any pain".

The Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs said it "stands ready to offer consular assistance, in accordance with the Consular Services Charter, to Australians who are arrested or detained overseas".

Coutelas was previously jailed in Thailand for similar offences. (Supplied)