Scotland Gang Feud Ends After Six Months With 64 Arrests and Internal Crime-Group Resolution

Police Scotland reported that a violent gangland feud that began in Edinburgh in March 2025 ended after six months. The trouble involved 84 separate incidents of fire-raisings and attempted murders across Scotland's central belt. BBC News reported that officers arrested 64 people and executed 55 search and arrest warrants.

Seven firearms and assorted weapons were recovered, while over 90 safeguarding plans were put in place to protect vulnerable people. An update to the Scottish Police Authority in the name of Chief Constable Jo Farrell described a deeply concerning war between rivals that covered the length and breadth of the country before a clear downturn in activity.

The report stated that the cause of the downturn was multi-factorial, including the resolution of differences within the serious and organised crime community, though the impact of police efforts to disrupt offenders could not be overstated.

Several cases reached court with lengthy sentences. Arran Reid received eight years and four months after admitting a machete attack on an Edinburgh businessman linked to convicted drug dealer Mark Richardson. Four men were jailed or detained for a total of 25 years over fire-raising attacks in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

A man who petrol-bombed a beauty salon in Edinburgh at the start of the feud was jailed for seven years and four months. Gang-related violence flared again in January and February 2026, leading to 10 more incidents. Police Scotland arrested five people over the second outbreak, and the investigation remains ongoing.

BBC News reported that Ross McGill, former head of Rangers Football Club's Union Bears ultras group, was one of four Scottish men arrested by police in Dubai in September 2025. Some attacks targeted members of the Daniels crime group, rivals of the Lyons group. Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were shot dead in Fuengirola on the Costa Del Sol in May 2025.