Police have yet to provide an update almost two weeks on from the arrests of four gangland figures in Dubai.
It comes as it is alleged that Dubai Police have released the mob bosses, who have been told to leave the country, according to the Daily Record.
The publication has been informed that Steven Lyons, Ross McGill, Stephen Jamieson and Steven Larwood have been released after their arrests on Tuesday last week, September 16, 2025.
Police Scotland has remained tight-lipped over the arrests despite being contacted multiple times for a comment.
READ MORE: Glasgow gangsters arrested in Dubai amid Scots gang war
READ MORE: Why are police and forensics still in Glasgow's Castlemilk?
We reported the arrests of the mob bosses last week, but have yet to receive a response from Police Scotland on the matter.
We have been instructed to contact them by the National Crime Agency, who say the Scottish cops are the "investigating force."
The Crown Office were also approached for comment, but said they "don't comment on extraditions."
We have also contacted Dubai Police on several occasions, but have not received a response.
READ MORE: 'Growing threat' from gang war engulfing Glasgow and Edinburgh
Police Scotland believe all four are linked to criminality ranging from drug importation to a feud between rival criminal gangs in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The gang war has seen a series of assaults, shootings and firebombings this year.
It is understood that detectives have been sharing intelligence with police in the United Arab Emirates, where the men are all based.
It is unclear if officers in Scotland were made aware of the Dubai raids in advance.
READ MORE: More arrests made amid 'ongoing Glasgow gangland war'
There have so far been 57 arrests as part of what Police Scotland is calling Operation Portaledge, with the latest a 38-year-old man charged with wilful fire-raising and firearms offences.
Steven Lyons is the head of the Lyons crime group, which has been involved in a bloody feud with the rival Daniel clan for more than 20 years.
In 2006, he survived a shooting at a garage in Lambhill, in the north of the city, which claimed the life of his cousin, Michael Lyons.
Steven Lyons later moved to Spain before he settled in Dubai.
READ MORE: Arson attacks across Scotland linked to gangland feud
On 31 May, two prominent figures in the Lyons crime group, Eddie Lyons Jr and Ross Monaghan, were shot dead at a bar in Spain, while there have been numerous cases of serious assault, wilful fire raising and attempted murder.
Police Scotland said the murders of Lyons and Monaghan may be linked to wider tensions between crime groups, and there is "nothing to suggest that the shooting in Fuengirola was planned from within Scotland".
Michael Riley, 44, from Liverpool, has been accused by Spanish police of the murders, with a full extradition hearing scheduled for later this year.
We reported last month that an annual report into the state of Police Scotland has identified a "growing threat" from organised crime, with calls for more powers to tackle it amid the gang war.
Ross McGill has been at the centre of the gang war, as it has been reported by multiple outlets that he is a key figure in the feud.
He first became known to police while he was a senior figure of the Rangers ultras group, the Union Bears.
It's understood it was triggered by a fall out between McGill and Edinburgh drug dealer Mark Richardson, who is currently in prison.
Steven Larwood is a known associate of Lyons and also previously lived in Spain before relocating to Dubai.
Stephen Jamieson, who is understood to have lived in Dubai for several years, has links to Jamie "Iceman" Stevenson.
He was jailed last year for orchestrating a plot to smuggle cocaine worth £100m from South America in boxes of bananas.
Share