A senior member of the Lyons gang has shared pictures of luxury cars he has had delivered to his Spanish boltholes.
Thomas Bilsland, 39, lives in Ibiza for at least six months every year, mingling with high-profile DJs and supplying holidaymakers with 'party essentials', but spends the winter months in Marbella on the Costa del Sol. A source told the Record last month that Bilsland is now one of the leading members of the mob and was promoted following the arrests of Steven Lyons and several members of his gang earlier this year.
Luxury car posts
Last week he showed off snaps of his new £50,000 BMW iX3, accompanied by the song Toca Me by Fragma. Under the images, Bilsland said: "My new toy delivered to Marbella, love it. Always work hard and you can get any goal you want. Never give up."
He continued: "Keep pushing, never give up on your goals. F**k the jealous haters, they just make me do even better."
Bilsland also posted in July from Ibiza claiming to have just taken delivery of a £200,000 Bentley Continental. The short reel, set against Dario G's Sunchyme song, pans around the orange and black vehicle. The post was tagged "New weapon" and featured a caption saying: "Boys with their toys."
Driver recruitment post
This week, the Record reported on another post Bilsland put out looking for drivers in Glasgow to deliver goods for "£20 a drop." He offered anyone interested the chance to earn £1000 a week. It read: "Glasgow driver wanted, day and nights. We can come and go with days and times. Its six hour shifts. £20 a drop, do four shifts and you will definitely clear a grand. Going to be busy over Christmas. DM me for informtion. There's a car there to use as well."
Rise in the gang
A gangland source previously explained to the Record how Bilsland started to hang around with slain gangster Ross Monaghan in Marbella five years ago and eventually became a member of the Lyons criminal fraternity. He was once a member of the rival Daniel clan but was attacked with blades by four masked Lyons enforcers in 2017. Bilsland didn't feel like he was properly backed up after this, and that led to him deciding to switch camps.
The source said the Lyons mob were happy to bring him into their crew due to the money he was making in Ibiza. He said: "Bilsland basically lives over in Ibiza for a good part of the year and rakes in an absolute packet on the party circuit so he was happily welcomed into the fold. He started visiting Steven in Dubai regularly and earned his trust and is now part of his inner circle. Steven even invited him over to the desert to bring in the new year with him and his family last year. Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons being murdered in Spain and the arrests this year left the Lyons short on men and enabled Bilsland to move swiftly up the hierarchy."
