"Many Photos" - Innocent Brit spent a year in Spanish jail after £5m of drugs found at Airbnb villa he rented

A BRIT businessman spent a year in jail in Spain after cops found £5million of cannabis at a villa he rented.

Robert Mansfield-Hewitt, 51, was seized last year in a raid on the Airbnb-listed property near Gibraltar.

Robert Mansfield-Hewitt in southern Spain days after his release from Botafuegos prison in Algeciras

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The Airbnb villa where 1.5 tonnes of hashish were found during raid in an adjoining garage

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Armed police found 1.5 tonnes of hashish in an adjoining garage.

Robert, on a business trip, had been in the property for just 48 hours. He was charged with a “crime against public health” and faced four-and-a-half years in jail and a £7million fine.

Robert, of Chichester, West Sussex, was locked up in Botafuegos prison in Algeciras.

He was eventually freed earlier this month after a judge dropped the charges. However he was still fined £1,400 for renting an unlicensed house.

Although the villa was listed with Airbnb, Robert, an MoD electrical engineer, did not book through the company.

He said: “The whole thing was a farce. They deemed me a flight risk, denied me bail and took my passport.”

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Speaking of last May’s raid, the avid churchgoer, who walks with a cane due to a liver condition, said: “It was terrifying. I have never been in trouble with the law. I’m a very gentle soul, I would never get involved with drugs.”

It is understood the property’s owner, a Moroccan-born man in his 60s, has not been quizzed despite having a previous drug conviction.

Robert is due to fly back to Gatwick on Thursday. He said: “Mummy’s very pleased. We’re relieved this nightmare is over.”

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