Alleged Scottish gang boss extradited from Bali to Amsterdam

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April 8 (UPI) -- Alleged Scottish gang leader Steven Lyons has been extradited from Bali to the Netherlands and is being sent to Spain to face charges.

Lyons, 45, is alleged to be the leader of the Lyons clan in Glasgow, which has been in a 20-year blood feud with the Daniel clan, another Scottish gang.

Interpol had issued a Red Notice on Lyons, which alerts authorities worldwide of a wanted suspect, and authorities at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia, recognized him and arrested him on March 28, soon after he arrived on a flight from Indonesia.

Bali Police Chief Daniel Adityajaya told reporters that Lyons is alleged to be the leader of "a large-scale transnational criminal organization engaged in drug trafficking and money laundering," the BBC reported

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Untung Widyatmoko, secretary of Interpol's Indonesia bureau, said Lyons' criminal group operated in Spain, Scotland, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Turkey.

Lyons and his wife, Amanda, are both wanted by Spanish police. The couple lived in Spain before moving to Dubai, UAE. Amanda Lyons was arrested in Dubai on the same day her husband was caught in Bali.

Lyons is believed to have landed in Bali with two companions who evaded capture, but he told authorities he traveled alone, the head of the Bali Immigration Office said.

The day before, a joint Scottish-Spanish operation executed raids on alleged Lyons gang members in seven towns in Scotland -- Bellshill, Glasgow, Gartcosh, Whitburn, Caldercruix, Cumbernauld, Coatbridge -- and in Barcelona and Malaga, Spain. Eight men were arrested for organized crime charges.

The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office and the NCB Secretariat of Interpol Indonesia confirmed Lyons was flown from Denpasar, Bali, to Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday. He was then flown to Amsterdam and landed at 11:30 a.m. CEST on Wednesday.

Lyons is now held in the Netherlands on a European arrest warrant issued by a judge in Malaga.

"This deportation is a concrete step in our commitment to safeguarding national sovereignty," said Bugie Kurniawan, head of the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, the BBC reported. "We will not allow Indonesian territory, especially Bali, to become a haven or base of operations for international criminals. Strict immigration oversight is the front line in safeguarding national security from potential foreign threats."

Scottish police are staying in contact with international authorities.

"We are aware of the arrest of a Scottish national in Bali and we are working closely with European partners," a spokesperson for Police Scotland said.

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