Overview
- Spanish authorities said Thursday that Operation Armorum broke the group’s Spanish structure with 14 arrests across Spain, Scotland, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.
- Investigators detained alleged leader Steven Lyons in Bali and transferred him via Amsterdam toward Spain, while his partner Amanda Lyons was arrested at Dubai International Airport.
- The Guardia Civil’s Central Operative Unit led a probe of more than three years with Police Scotland under Eurojust coordination, carrying out 18 searches mainly on the Costa del Sol plus one in Barcelona.
- Raids seized electronic devices, large sums of cash, company records, luxury watches and cryptocurrency wallets, and Turkish police identified high‑value assets tied to the network.
- A Málaga investigative court now directs the case as analysts describe the Lyons as a violent Scottish drug‑trafficking and money‑laundering clan with tight family control and reported links to Ireland’s Kinahan group.