Iceland: Four Tourists Arrested, Fined and Returned for Ignoring Quarantine

Four tourists were arrested in central Reykjavík this weekend for breaking quarantine rules. Each has been fined 250,000 krónur and sent back to their country of origin, according to RUV Iceland. 

Capital region police chief Ásgeir Þór Ásgeirsson says that it appears the people knew about the double testing with five days’ quarantine rule in Iceland and never intended to honour it. As a result, their actions were classified as deliberate and fines and expulsion were therefore justified. 

According to RÚV English sources, the four men were British and planned to stay in Iceland just four days—meaning they were never likely to adhere to the quarantine rule.