Gangland feud arrests total reaches 42

The number of people arrested in connection with a gangland feud across central Scotland has now reached 42.

Police Scotland arrested a 20-year-old man at an address in Glasgow on Thursday 29 May in connection with a fire-raising incident at a house on the city's Drumchapel Road on Tuesday 13 May.

The man appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Friday 30 May.

There has been a series of assaults, shootings and firebombing incidents in Glasgow and Edinburgh since March.

Police Scotland have launched Operation Portaledge in response to the upsurge in attacks.

More than 8,000 homes have been visited and over 1,600 vehicles stopped as part of the current investigation.

Officers from the Specialist Crime Division are working with local divisions across the country on the operation.

• A series of attacks began on 2 March when a car was set on fire in Edinburgh's Parrotshot area
• A beauty salon in Leith and a garage in Portobello were also targeted over a 10-day period
• Later, shots were reported as being fired at two properties in Niddrie and Pilton in separate incidents
• Further firebomb attacks were reported on another house in Niddrie at the start of April, just as the first property in Glasgow was targeted in the Robroyston area
• A carpet business in Bishopbriggs and another commercial premises in Kirkintilloch were also hit, alongside homes in Glasgow and Stepps
• In April, a 72-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were assaulted at a house in Egilsay Crescent in Milton, Glasgow
• Two more properties in Bishopbriggs were set alight
• Two men were taken to hospital following a serious assault at a garage in East Kilbride on 19 May
• A 54-year-old man needed hospital treatment after he was attacked by a group of men at a house at Pitcairn Grove, Edinburgh - the third time an incident is reported at this property
• A fire at a 'large house' in the Bridge of Weir was set alight on 2 June

Speaking in relation to the latest arrest, Det Ch Supt Dave Ferry said violence "will not be tolerated" and officers would not stop until those responsible for the crime spree are brought to justice.

"We are still following positive lines of enquiry, and this arrest highlights our continued resolve to target organised crime," he said.

"The support of our communities remains vital, and I want to again express my sincere thanks to the public for their continued help and information so far.

"If you know anything that could assist our ongoing investigation, please do the right thing and speak to us."

On Tuesday, the force said there was no evidence linking the weekend murders of two Scots in a Spanish bar to the ongoing gang war in Scotland.

Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were shot dead in an attack at Monaghans pub in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol on Saturday evening.

The two men have links to the Lyons crime clan.

A Police Scotland statement said there was "nothing to suggest that the shooting in Fuengirola was planned from within Scotland".

Detectives are believed to be examining whether the murders are linked to wider tensions between major global crime groups.

Lyons, 46, and Monaghan, 43, died when a gunman opened fire on them in the bar at about 23:00 local time. He then fled the scene in a car.