Seven people were arrested on Tuesday morning from various addressed in Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian.
Warrants were executed at nine properties, as part of a pre-planned operations following a series of violent incidents and fire-raising. Divisional officers were supported by specialist resources from Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism.
Arrests were made addresses in the Niddrie, Gracemount, and Craigmillar areas of Edinburgh, as well as Cockenzie and Gorebridge. Six men, aged between 16 and 32, were charged with a series of offences.