Scots cops insist 'no evidence' Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr shooting set up in Scotland

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Malaga-based Spanish police chief Pedro Agudo Novo today described the suspected killer arrested in Liverpool as a member of the Daniel gang.
Scots police have insisted there is "no evidence" to suggest the assassination of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons in Spain was set up in Scotland.
It comes after Malaga-based Spanish police chief Pedro Agudo Novo today described the suspected killer arrested in Liverpool as a member of the Daniel gang, which has long been at loggerheads with the Lyons gang the dead men belonged to.
Merseyside Police confirmed on Friday that Michael Terrence Riley, 44, has been arrested in the UK on suspicion of the Costa del Sol gangland execution of the key Lyons lieutenants.
Police Scotland had insisted days after the May 31 double murder they had no information to suggest the horror crimes were in any way linked to the gang feuding which has been going on there.
However, Agudo Novo then made the revelation linking the suspect to the Daniel clan today as he spoke at the first press conference Spanish police have held since Monaghan and Lyons Jr were shot dead at Monaghans Irish Bar in Fuengirola after the Champions League final.
Mr Agudo Novo, who heads up a provincial Judicial Police unit, said that the hit had been set up by 'a professional killer and member of one of the victims' rival gangs.'
He ruled out the idea the shooter was an independent hired killer but an internal member of the rival Daniel gang.
The shooting came amid a violent gang war that has ripped through Scotland since March said to have started over a fallout over a stolen stash of cocaine.
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However, following the statement from Agudo Novo, Police Scotland have reiterated their claim that there is no evidence to suggests the deaths were linked to the recent attacks in Scotland.
Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Houston said: "We have been assisting Spanish colleagues with their investigation into the fatal shootings in Fuengirola. We are not aware of any current evidence which suggests the deaths of these two men in Spain are linked to the recent criminal attacks in Scotland being investigated as part of Operation Portaledge.
"We are aware of the statement from the Spanish Police and although we cannot comment on an ongoing investigation in another jurisdiction, our position remains that we have no current evidence to suggest that this incident was orchestrated from Scotland.
"We are aware of the arrest of an individual in the Merseyside area and will continue to support colleagues in Spain where necessary and if required by them."
Career criminal Monaghan, who fled Scotland for Spain after a failed attempt on his life outside a Glasgow primary school in 2017, was tried but acquitted over the murder of notorious Glasgow hood Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll at an Asda car park in 2010.
In August 2017 he and Eddie Lyons Jr, both members of the Lyons Glasgow crime family, were cleared of being involved in a brutal street attack on three men outside the Campsie bar in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.
In a statement released on June 3, Police Scotland made it clear it was not directly investigating the murders. "The investigation into the fatal shootings in Fuengirola is being carried out by Spanish police," it said.
" Police Scotland is supporting Spanish police where requested, however at this time we have no officers deployed within Spain.