Scotcast - Gangster arrests in Dubai: who’s who?
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Steven Lyons and Ross McGill (both pictured) were among four significant gangland figures arrested in Dubai.
The BBC’s Paul O’Hare explains who’s who in a decades-long feud between the Lyons and Daniel gangs which preceded the arrests in the United Arab Emirates.
And Stephen Dempster, producer of the BBC documentary Kinahan: The True Story of Ireland's Mafia, tells us about the Scottish links to Daniel Kinahan’s cartel.
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Published on Monday, 22nd September 2025.
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