Man arrested over shooting of Scots in Spanish bar
A man suspected of murdering two senior figures from a Scottish organised crime group in a Spanish bar has been arrested.Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr were shot dead at Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola in the Costa Del Sol on 31 May.Both men were connected to the Lyons family, a major organised crime group based in the west of Scotland.The BBC understands a man was taken into custody in Liverpool by Merseyside Police under an international arrest warrant issued by the Spanish authorities.
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