Overview
- Indonesian authorities postponed Lyons’ flight to Spain on Wednesday night and now plan to deport him on Thursday via Doha, a Bali immigration spokesperson said.
- Lyons, 45, was arrested Saturday at Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport after arriving from Singapore on an Interpol Red Notice, which alerts police worldwide to detain a suspect for extradition.
- Prosecutors in Spain seek to try him on alleged organized crime, drug trafficking and money laundering tied to a 2024 murder inquiry, according to Indonesian and Spanish-linked officials.
- Following Friday’s coordinated raids on March 27 in Scotland and Spain, police arrested 13 suspects and, with Europol’s help, seized assets including a £600,000 villa and land in Turkey.
- Police say Lyons’ wife, Amanda, was detained in Dubai in the same probe, and two companions who traveled with him to Bali were identified by Spanish Interpol but have no arrest warrants and are being sought by Indonesian authorities.