Partner of crime boss Steven Lyons arrested in Dubai
The partner of notorious gangland figure Steven Lyons was arrested in Dubai on the same day he was arrested by police in Bali, it has emerged.
Amanda Lyons has been arrested for offenses allegedly committed in Spain.
It appears that his arrest on Saturday followed an Interpol red alert.
Steven Lyons, 45, was arrested shortly after arriving at Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on a flight from Singapore.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We are aware of the arrest of a Scottish woman in Dubai and are working closely with European partners.”
The joint Scottish-Spanish operation targeted properties in Bellshill, Glasgow, Gartcosh, Whitburn, Caldercruix, Cumbernauld, Coatbridge, Barcelona and the Malaga area on Friday.
Officers made eight arrests in Scotland and five in Spain.
The request for the arrest of Steven Lyons would come from the Spanish Guardia Civil. BBC Scotland News understands he is now expected to be extradited to Spain.
Steven Lyons is the current head of Clan Lyons, originally based in the north of Glasgow and more recently in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire.
He has been embroiled in a bloody feud with rival Glasgow-based Daniel gang for more than 20 years.
It was reported earlier this month that Lyons was arrested in Bahrain, five months after being released in Dubai.
But in the weeks that followed, details of his fate remained shrouded in mystery – until he stepped off a flight in Bali.
In a statement, the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office said: “Based on intelligence data, SL is strongly suspected of being the leader of an international criminal organization.
“He is suspected of being the mastermind behind the operation of several shell companies and of being involved in money laundering.”
Steven Lyons is currently detained at the Bali Airport Detention Center.
In 2006, Steven Lyons survived a shooting at a garage in Lambhill, north of Glasgow, which left his cousin Michael Lyons dead.
Last May, Steven Lyons’ brother, Eddie Lyons Jnr, and Ross Monaghan were shot dead at a seaside bar in Fuengirola, on the Costa del Sol.
The two men had spent the evening watching the Champions League final before being targeted by a sniper.
Michael Riley, 44, from Liverpool, has been charged by Spanish police with the murders.
He had contested an extradition request, but the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed in October that he had agreed to be taken to Spain to face prosecution.
In the days after the double shooting, a Spanish national police detective said the suspect was a member of the rival Daniel gang.
But Police Scotland maintained there was nothing to suggest the killings in Spain were linked to the ongoing gang war or that it was planned in Scotland.
Police Scotland said the investigation predated last year’s gang feud in central Scotland, which resulted in a series of assaults, shootings and firebombings.
A number of properties were burned in and around Edinburgh in March before attacks spread west in early April.
The force launched Operation Portaledge in response and has so far resulted in more than 60 arrests.
