Major gangland figure Steven Daniel arrested in organised crime raid

Major gangland figure Steven Daniel arrested in organised crime raid Steven 'Bonzo' Daniel, 46, was taken into custody at approximately 06:00 from his residence in Robroyston, located north of Glasgow. Police describe him as the leader of the notorious Daniel crime family, which has been locked in a violent feud with the rival Lyons clan for a quarter of a century. The arrest forms part of Operation Ventetic, a UK‑wide initiative targeting serious and organised crime, firearms and drugs offences. Authorities state the operation has already dismantled several gangs across the country. BBC Scotland News accompanied officers shortly before sunrise. Dozens of personnel were briefed at a nearby police station before joining a convoy bound for Daniel’s home. Two uniformed officers first approached the property and spoke to him through a first‑floor window. An officer accompanied by a police dog then moved forward. Moments later Daniel exited the building via the front door and was placed into the rear of a police van. In a coordinated move, a second suspect, Steven Gordon, 39, was detained in Garthamlock—less than four miles away—during a simultaneous operation. Gordon faces charges related to serious and organised crime, firearms and drugs offences, and conspiracy to murder. Assistant Chief Constable Dave Ferry commented: "The main constable has made it wide that those intent connected being progressive successful superior and organised transgression volition beryllium brought to justice. " "This enforcement enactment underlines that commitment. "We volition proceed to instrumentality beardown enactment and to usage each instrumentality and maneuver disposable to relentlessly prosecute those progressive successful superior criminality who question to nett from the harm and misery they origin to communities successful Scotland." Since 2020, the Scottish component of Operation Venetic has led to more than sixty arrests after the National Crime Agency infiltrated a concealed communications network employed by criminals. In May 2017 Daniel sustained serious facial injuries following an attack that occurred after a 100 mph car chase through Glasgow.