Spanish cops carried out the coordinated operation with Police Scotland last month.
One of the leaders of the Lyons mob reportedly evaded arrest during recent police raids, after living in Barcelona undetected.
Spanish cops moved to arrest the British man when they carried out a series of dawn raids in conjunction with Police Scotland on Friday, March 27, reports Olive Press.
Seven people were arrested by cops in Spain after a number of properties were raided but the unnamed man managed to escape.
Spanish news agency Olive Press say he is a ‘senior leader’ of the Lyons crime family
The man is believed to have been running a network of shell companies from his house in the gothic quarter’s of Barcelona’s old town.
Eight men aged 64, 46, 45, 45, 41, 39, 39 and 35, were arrested in Scotland as part of the operation at addresses in Glasgow, Bellshill, Cumbernauld, Gartcosh, Caldercruix, Coatbridge and East Whitburn. All appeared at court and were bailed.
The head of the family, Steven Lyons, 45, was arrested the following day at Bali Airport on an Interpol Red Notice.
His close pal Steven Larwood, 42, is on the run in Bali with a man named Lewis Wark.
Lyons has since been taken to Amsterdam by Indonesian cops where he was detained at the airport on a European Arrest Warrant and is now expected to be extradited to Spain to face money laundering charges.
His wife Amanda, 38, was next to be arrested two days later when she was nabbed at Dubai Airport.
The Record previously published extraordinary footage showing armed police raiding the homes in Spain linked to the crime network. Body camera footage showed armed police breaking into homes to make arrests and conduct lengthy searches.
In one clip, dozens of police are shown carrying out a swoop of a plush home after smashing their way in and tying a man’s hands behind his back. Several Rolex watches and phones were recovered.
Officers found a large block of white powder during a property search in another video. In another early-morning raid, a man was shown being marched out of a restaurant and into a cop car.
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