The 45-year-old was arrested at Bali Airport on Saturday, March 28, after he was kicked out of Qatar.
Steven Lyons after being arrested in Bali
Glasgow crime boss Steven Lyons is set to appear in a surrender hearing in the Netherlands following his deportation from Indonesia.
The 45-year-old was arrested at Bali Airport on Saturday, March 28, after he was kicked out of Qatar. He was apprehended and then paraded by Indonesian police after arriving to the island from Singapore.
After his arrest, he was repatriated on a flight from Denpasar to Jakarta and then placed on a flight to Amsterdam last week, where he is currently being detained. It is expected he will then be transferred to Spain to face charged in connection with drug trafficking and money laundering, reports the Daily Record.
Until then, the Public Prosecution Service in Amsterdam has reportedly confirmed Lyons will face a surrender hearing in the Netherlands on June 4. The surrender is a simplified cross-border judicial procedure between states of the European Union.
Earlier this month, Spanish cops claimed they had “smashed” the Lyons’ crime clan operation after arresting multiple associates.
Steven Lyons’ mugshot(Image: Ngurah Rai Immigration Office)
Officers from the Spanish Civil Guard used battering rams to force entry to multiple properties and businesses in a spate of recent pre-dawn raids on the Costa Del Sol.
It is claimed several Lyons’ foot soldiers were apprehended in the crackdown, named operation Armorum.
Officers from Police Scotland simultaneously arrested eight men at addresses in Glasgow, Bellshill, Cumbernauld, Gartcosh, Caldercruix, Coatbridge and East Whitburn at about 4.30am on March 27.
The men all appeared in court charged with a variety of offences, including organised crime.
Civil Guard investigations estimate Lyons laundered upwards of around £26 million. It’s reported that the Lyons boss had been on Spain’s wanted list for two years.
It comes as cops carried out a raid on the Spanish pub where Lyons’ brother Eddie Jnr and Ross Monaghan were assassinated last year. The Fuengirola pub was one of the 18 places the Civil Guard targeted.
The bar reopened under a new name Irish Rovers following the crime, linked by Spanish cops to a turf war between rival gangs in Glasgow, the Daniel and Lyons gangs.
Michael Riley, the alleged hitman, is currently being detained in a prison near the Spanish city of Malaga after being cuffed in Liverpool and extradited in June last year.
Lyons’ wife was also arrested in the Middle East as part of the ongoing international probe to derail a drug trafficking network and the ongoing turf war in Scotland.
Amanda Lyons was arrested at Dubai Airport just days after her husband was detained in Bali.
She was apprehended by UAE officers after being flagged up as a wanted person by the Interpol.
A Dubai Police statement read: The operation was carried out within the framework of Operation Armorum, led by the Spanish Guardia Civil, and resulted in the arrest of 14 individuals across several countries, including the United Arab Emirates, while a further 20 individuals are currently under investigation in Spain.
“As part of their contribution, Dubai Police arrested a member of the criminal organisation upon arrival at a Dubai airport, following the issuance of an Interpol Red Notice against them. The swift action reflects Dubai Police’s high level of readiness and the effectiveness of their integrated security systems in tackling transnational organised crime and supporting international law enforcement cooperation.”