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The partner of notorious gangland figure Steven Lyons was arrested in Dubai on the same day he was detained by police in Bali, it has emerged.<\/p>\n
Amanda Lyons was held over offences alleged to have been committed in Spain.<\/p>\n
It is understood her arrest on Saturday followed an Interpol red alert.<\/p>\n
Steven Lyons, 45, was taken into custody shortly after he arrived at Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on a flight from Singapore.<\/p>\n
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We are aware of the arrest of a Scottish woman in Dubai and we are working closely with European partners.”<\/p>\n
On Friday, the joint Scottish-Spanish operation targeted properties in Bellshill, Glasgow, Gartcosh, Whitburn, Caldercruix, Cumbernauld, Coatbridge, Barcelona and the Malaga area.<\/p>\n
Officers made eight arrests in Scotland and five in Spain.<\/p>\n
The request for Steven Lyons’ arrest is believed to have come via Spain’s Guardia Civil. BBC Scotland News understands he is now expected to be extradited to Spain.<\/p>\n
Steven Lyons is the current head of the Lyons clan, which was originally based in the north of Glasgow and latterly in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire.<\/p>\n
It has been involved in a bloody feud with the rival Glasgow-based Daniel gang for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n
It was reported earlier this month that Lyons had been arrested in Bahrain – five months after being released from custody in Dubai.<\/p>\n
But in the weeks that followed, details of his whereabouts were shrouded in mystery – until he stepped off a flight in Bali.<\/p>\n
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 organisation.<\/p>\n
“He is suspected of being the mastermind behind the operation of several fictitious companies and of being involved in money laundering.”<\/p>\n
Steven Lyons is currently being held at the Bali airport’s detention centre.<\/p>\n
In 2006, Steven Lyons survived a shooting at a garage in Lambhill, in the north of Glasgow, which claimed the life of his cousin, Michael Lyons.<\/p>\n
Last May, Steven Lyons’ brother, Eddie Lyons Jnr, and Ross Monaghan were shot dead in a beachfront bar in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol.<\/p>\n
Both men had spent the evening watching the Champions League final before they were targeted by a lone gunman.<\/p>\n
Michael Riley, 44, from Liverpool, has been accused by Spanish police of the murders.<\/p>\n
He had challenged an extradition bid but the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed in October that he had given his consent to be taken to Spain to face prosecution.<\/p>\n
In the days after the double shooting, a Spanish National Police detective said the suspect was a member of the rival Daniel gang.<\/p>\n
But Police Scotland have maintained there is nothing to suggest the murders in Spain are linked to the ongoing gang war or that it was planned in Scotland.<\/p>\n
Police Scotland said the inquiry pre-dated last year’s gangland feud in central Scotland which resulted in a series of assaults, shootings and firebombings.<\/p>\n
A number of properties were set alight in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas in March before the attacks spread to the west at the beginning of April.<\/p>\n
The force launched Operation Portaledge<\/a> in response and it has so far resulted in more than 60 arrests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n