Overview
- Operation Armorum, a Spanish Civil Guard crackdown in late March 2026, carried out about 19 searches across Fuengirola, Mijas, Malaga and Barcelona and led to seven arrests or surrenders.
- Investigators recovered more than 100 photographs showing severe beatings from a Fuengirola apartment used as a gang meeting point, and the Malaga investigating judge now holds copies while police work to identify the victims.
- Malaga Court Number Seven says the case centers on money laundering and membership of a criminal organization, and Spanish authorities are not currently pursuing charges for violent crimes.
- Alleged leader Steven Lyons was detained in Amsterdam after deportation from Bali on a European Arrest Warrant, and his wife Amanda was held in Dubai, with both awaiting extradition to Spain.
- Among the seven detainees in Spain, two were remanded to prison and five were released on bail with passport surrender and travel bans, and linked raids in Scotland produced eight additional arrests.