Amanda Lyons worked at the Golden Trats beauty salon for seven years.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n\n\n![\"dailyrecord\"](\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/assets\/dailyrecord\/images\/premium-byline-dailyrecord.svg\"\/)
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<\/div>\nAmanda Lyons with James ‘Arg’ Argent and Chloe Simms.(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Steven Lyons’ gangster moll Amanda Lyons<\/a> has been pictured with rich celebrity clients<\/a> who dubbed her the ‘Tartan Tart’.<\/p>\nLyons was make-up artist to TOWIE mega stars<\/a> James ‘Arg’ Argent and Chloe Simms and can be seen in throwback snaps with the reality TV pair in Marbella<\/a> in 2012 where she worked as part of the famous Golden Tarts beauty salon.<\/p>\nThe 38-year-old worked for Golden Tarts at branches in La Cala de Mijas and Puerto Banus<\/a> in the Spanish City from 2010 to 2017.<\/p>\nLyons also provided glam looks to TOWIE’s Gemma Collins <\/a>and Lydia Bright.<\/p>\n\n\n![\"Amanda](\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article37011681.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_amanda1.jpg\")
<\/div>\nAmanda Lyons worked as a nail technician and make up artist.(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
An online beauty account Lyons <\/a>created in June 2014 reveals her packed client list.<\/p>\nStrictly Come Dancing and Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison can be seen thanking her for make up looks alongside other TOWIE legends Georgia Kousoulou and Jessica Wright.<\/a><\/p>\nLyons later moved to Dubai<\/a> in 2018 to focus on family life with husband Steven Lyons<\/a>, 45, after giving birth to her first son in 2016.<\/p>\nThe following year, Golden Tarts posted online about Lyons glamming up celebrities in the United Arab Emirates<\/a> for an OK magazine photo shoot.<\/p>\nLyons spent a lot of her childhood in Spain after her heroin dealer dad Richard Hayes<\/a> settled there and became a central figure among Scottish crooks living in the Costa Del Sol.<\/p>\nHayes <\/a>operated out of the popular holiday resort of Fuengirola and was dubbed the ‘Godfather’ of Scots criminals in the area by Spanish cops.<\/p>\n\n\n![\"Amanda](\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk\/article37011698.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_amanda3.jpg\")
<\/div>\nAmanda sunbathing in Marbella. (Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
But his criminal enterprise <\/a>came crashing down when he was nabbed by armed police over a \u00a33.6million cannabis bust in 2007.<\/p>\nSteven Lyons<\/a> moved to Spain after he was shot in the leg in 2006 and his 21-year-old cousin Michael was killed in a shooting at a garage owned by his family in Glasgow.<\/p>\nHe met Amanda shortly afterwards and the pair began dating, but Amanda wasn’t content to just be a gangster’s moll.<\/a><\/p>\nA source told the Record Amanda’s glam pals in Spain didn’t think she had anything to do with her husband’s criminal dealings<\/a> and were stunned at her recent arrest.<\/p>\nShe said: “Amanda and Steven come from similar backgrounds and fell quickly in love.<\/p>\n
“Amanda wanted her own career and she was working more or less full-time hours at Golden Tarts to make her own cash but when she fell pregnant things changed.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nAmanda spent a lot of time in Spain after her dad settled in the Costa Del Sol.(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
“Her priorities shifted and mixing with celebrities started to mean less to her and her and Steven both wanted more kids.<\/p>\n
“They decided to move to Dubai to settle down and Steven left the day-to-day running of his criminal enterprise to his pal Ross Monaghan so he could just oversee things from the desert.<\/p>\n
“Everyone thought Amanda was just busy being a mum after that, but she started to get involved in helping Steven in organised crime and a lot of people have been left stunned by that.”<\/p>\n
Amanda Lyons has been described as an “active member” of the clan’s criminal operation after she was cuffed at Dubai Airport<\/a> last month just days after Steven was detained by cops in Bali.<\/p>\nShe is now facing years behind bars.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nAmanda was arrested at Dubai Airport. (Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The pair were arrested<\/a> as part of a two-year joint investigation into the Lyons mob, with ten more of their crew being nicked in Scotland and five in Spain.<\/p>\nSteven Lyons was deported from Indonesia<\/a> and put on a plane to Amsterdam last week and is being held in the Netherlands on a European Arrest Warrant.<\/p>\nHe is now facing extradition<\/a> to Spain where he is wanted on money laundering charges.<\/p>\nSpanish police branded the Lyons gang \u201ca highly sophisticated criminal organisation characterised by violence\u201d as they made their first official comments since the arrests last week.<\/p>\n
Speaking of Amanda Lyons, a spokesperson said: \u201cThe partner of the gang leader was arrested at Dubai\u2019s international airport. She is considered to be an active member of the criminal organisation.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nSteven Lyons’ mugshot(Image: Ngurah Rai Immigration Office)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
“The so-called Lyons Clan<\/a> is one of the most violent criminal organisations that have originated in Scotland in the last few decades.<\/p>\n“In Spain 18 raids and searches took place last week as part of the police operation, mainly on the Costa del as well as Barcelona.<\/p>\n
\u201cElectronic devices, large amounts of cash, company documents, high-end watches and cryptocurrency wallets were seized.<\/p>\n
“The investigation was developed over more than three years by the Civil Guard\u2019s Central Operative unit UCO and has been carried <\/a>out in close co-operation with Police Scotland and coordinated by EUROJUST.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n04:30, 15 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/div>\n Amanda Lyons with James ‘Arg’ Argent and Chloe Simms.(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Steven Lyons’ gangster moll Amanda Lyons<\/a> has been pictured with rich celebrity clients<\/a> who dubbed her the ‘Tartan Tart’.<\/p>\n Lyons was make-up artist to TOWIE mega stars<\/a> James ‘Arg’ Argent and Chloe Simms and can be seen in throwback snaps with the reality TV pair in Marbella<\/a> in 2012 where she worked as part of the famous Golden Tarts beauty salon.<\/p>\n The 38-year-old worked for Golden Tarts at branches in La Cala de Mijas and Puerto Banus<\/a> in the Spanish City from 2010 to 2017.<\/p>\n Lyons also provided glam looks to TOWIE’s Gemma Collins <\/a>and Lydia Bright.<\/p>\n Amanda Lyons worked as a nail technician and make up artist.(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n An online beauty account Lyons <\/a>created in June 2014 reveals her packed client list.<\/p>\n Strictly Come Dancing and Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison can be seen thanking her for make up looks alongside other TOWIE legends Georgia Kousoulou and Jessica Wright.<\/a><\/p>\n Lyons later moved to Dubai<\/a> in 2018 to focus on family life with husband Steven Lyons<\/a>, 45, after giving birth to her first son in 2016.<\/p>\n The following year, Golden Tarts posted online about Lyons glamming up celebrities in the United Arab Emirates<\/a> for an OK magazine photo shoot.<\/p>\n Lyons spent a lot of her childhood in Spain after her heroin dealer dad Richard Hayes<\/a> settled there and became a central figure among Scottish crooks living in the Costa Del Sol.<\/p>\n Hayes <\/a>operated out of the popular holiday resort of Fuengirola and was dubbed the ‘Godfather’ of Scots criminals in the area by Spanish cops.<\/p>\n Amanda sunbathing in Marbella. (Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But his criminal enterprise <\/a>came crashing down when he was nabbed by armed police over a \u00a33.6million cannabis bust in 2007.<\/p>\n Steven Lyons<\/a> moved to Spain after he was shot in the leg in 2006 and his 21-year-old cousin Michael was killed in a shooting at a garage owned by his family in Glasgow.<\/p>\n He met Amanda shortly afterwards and the pair began dating, but Amanda wasn’t content to just be a gangster’s moll.<\/a><\/p>\n A source told the Record Amanda’s glam pals in Spain didn’t think she had anything to do with her husband’s criminal dealings<\/a> and were stunned at her recent arrest.<\/p>\n She said: “Amanda and Steven come from similar backgrounds and fell quickly in love.<\/p>\n “Amanda wanted her own career and she was working more or less full-time hours at Golden Tarts to make her own cash but when she fell pregnant things changed.<\/p>\n Amanda spent a lot of time in Spain after her dad settled in the Costa Del Sol.(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “Her priorities shifted and mixing with celebrities started to mean less to her and her and Steven both wanted more kids.<\/p>\n “They decided to move to Dubai to settle down and Steven left the day-to-day running of his criminal enterprise to his pal Ross Monaghan so he could just oversee things from the desert.<\/p>\n “Everyone thought Amanda was just busy being a mum after that, but she started to get involved in helping Steven in organised crime and a lot of people have been left stunned by that.”<\/p>\n Amanda Lyons has been described as an “active member” of the clan’s criminal operation after she was cuffed at Dubai Airport<\/a> last month just days after Steven was detained by cops in Bali.<\/p>\n She is now facing years behind bars.<\/p>\n Amanda was arrested at Dubai Airport. (Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The pair were arrested<\/a> as part of a two-year joint investigation into the Lyons mob, with ten more of their crew being nicked in Scotland and five in Spain.<\/p>\n Steven Lyons was deported from Indonesia<\/a> and put on a plane to Amsterdam last week and is being held in the Netherlands on a European Arrest Warrant.<\/p>\n He is now facing extradition<\/a> to Spain where he is wanted on money laundering charges.<\/p>\n Spanish police branded the Lyons gang \u201ca highly sophisticated criminal organisation characterised by violence\u201d as they made their first official comments since the arrests last week.<\/p>\n Speaking of Amanda Lyons, a spokesperson said: \u201cThe partner of the gang leader was arrested at Dubai\u2019s international airport. She is considered to be an active member of the criminal organisation.<\/p>\n Steven Lyons’ mugshot(Image: Ngurah Rai Immigration Office)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “The so-called Lyons Clan<\/a> is one of the most violent criminal organisations that have originated in Scotland in the last few decades.<\/p>\n “In Spain 18 raids and searches took place last week as part of the police operation, mainly on the Costa del as well as Barcelona.<\/p>\n \u201cElectronic devices, large amounts of cash, company documents, high-end watches and cryptocurrency wallets were seized.<\/p>\n “The investigation was developed over more than three years by the Civil Guard\u2019s Central Operative unit UCO and has been carried <\/a>out in close co-operation with Police Scotland and coordinated by EUROJUST.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n