Plain-clothed and uniformed officers swooped on five properties in a series of dawn raids on Tuesday and seized over £1,000 of what is believed to be stolen property and forensic evidence.
Those arrested – men aged 17, 18 and 23, and women aged 17 and 18 – were targeted in an operation set up after a series of more than 80 break-ins in November and December.
Another three 18-year-olds were arrested later in the day, and one woman was released.
