Scottish Crime Boss Delayed in Bali Extradition

0:00It's April 2nd. Welcome in. This is Canada News today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. Indonesian cops and Bali have delayed extra-dieting a 45-year-old Scottish crime-boss named Stephen Lions to Spain for a second straight day. Authorities grab him Saturday after he flew in from Singapore, flagged by an interpol red notice from Spain. He's a top figure in an international syndicate, and now they're holding him back from a late-night flight via Doha to hunt down his suspected. Partners still chilling on the island. Earlier this week, officials pulled Mayans from the airport and stuck him back in custody. No clear reason given beyond the case being sensitive. Local reports tie the hold-up to an active police probe. He rode up with two companions linked to his cartel, though they're off anyone at list, and he claimed he traveled solo. Turns out this was his second Bali trip, raising flags he might have been scoping drug routes. The bus ties into a bigger joint operation with Indonesian, Spanish, and Scottish forces.

1:02Lions allegedly ran a network pushing narcotics from Spain to the UK, while laundering cash through fake companies in spots like Dubai, Qatar, and Turkey. Before Bali, raids in Scotland, Spain, Turkey, the Netherlands, and the UAE nabbed other suspects. On the streets, Lions dodged a bullet, literally in a Glasgow shooting back in 2006 that killed his cousin. He bounced to Spain, then Dubai, but last year his brother and an associate got gunned down in a beach bar hit in southern Spain, what cops call gang. Warfare. Meanwhile, Bali police are digging deeper into his crew on the island, keeping the extradition on ice until they wrap it up. This saga shows how these global crime webs keep snaking through paradise spots like Bali.