Crime boss Steven Lyons deported from Bali to Amsterdam
Steven Lyons was taken into custody in Indonesia last month after he was stopped at an airport.
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Crime boss Steven Lyons deported from Bali to Amsterdam 15 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Paul O'Hare , BBC Scotland and David Cowan , Scotland home affairs correspondent One of Scotland's most high-profile gangland figures has been deported to Amsterdam, ten days after his airport arrest in Bali. Steven Lyons was escorted onto a flight in Jakarta on Tuesday by officers from Spain's Guardia Civil. The move comes after Lyons, 45, was taken into custody on 28 March, shortly after he arrived at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on a flight from Singapore. The crime boss - who was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice - was arrested on the Indonesian island on the same day his wife , Amanda, was arrested in Dubai. The following day Lyons was photographed, with his hands bound by cable ties, being led from police headquarters wearing bright orange overalls and a black face mask. The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office, together with the NCB Secretariat of Interpol Indonesia, confirmed Lyons was flown from Denpasar to Jakarta on Tuesday. He then boarded a flight from the Indonesian capital to Schiphol, which landed shortly after 10:30 BST. Lyons is later expected to complete the final leg of his journey to Spain. In a release confirming the move the Ngurah Rai Immigration Office described him as a "mafia boss and Interpol fugitive". Bugie Kurniawan, head of the office, said: "This deportation is a concrete step in our commitment to safeguarding national sovereignty. "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." Bali police chief Daniel Adityajaya previously told reporters Lyons was alleged to be the leader of "a large-scale transnational criminal organisation engaged in drug trafficking and money laundering". Untung Widyatmoko, secretary of Interpol's Indonesi...
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