Brit millionaire is rescued..as lover wears bomb vest

Businessman’ 72-hr ordeal

- CHRISTOPHER BYCKTIN

THE British millionaire kidnapped in Ecuador has been freed.

A gang of about 15 masked men reportedly disguised as police officers dragged Colin Armstrong, 78, from a farm he owns on Saturday morning.

He was snatched from his house near the port city of Guayaquil alongside partner Katherine Paola Santos.

She was quickly released.

A video has emerged of Ms Santos apparently having an explosives vest removed by a disposal expert though police later confirmed it was fake.

The footage was captured at a property on a private gated estate in Samborondon near Guayaquil, said to belong to Colin's son, Nick.

Colin was found hours after police questioned Ms Santos, thought to be around 30.