A Glenrothes drug gang was smashed by police during high-profile raids.
Officers stormed two properties in the Macedonia and Glenwood areas as part of Operation Worship, an effort to dismantle the work of heroin dealers.
Two men were arrested with the town’s leading police officer claiming the operation would ruin the group.
Chief Inspector Derek McEwan said: “They had reached a level where they thought they were untouchable. This is an all-out assault on this group.
“What the community has told us is at times this was a no-go area and that was down to unreported criminality. We are not targeting users here, we are targeting the people who prey on their addiction.”
Search teams entered the house in Macedonia, in the west of the town, in search of class A drugs.
In a second operation 30 officers swooped on a flat above the Glenwood Shopping Centre. The property was secured swiftly by the police as search teams got to work.
The group is understood to be linked to drugs kingpin John Brown, who is currently in jail after admitting last year to running a heroin operation in Fife.
Mr McEwan added: “For too long the residents and businesses of Macedonia and the Glenwood Centre areas have felt intimidated by the activities of a group of individuals intent on bringing misery to the local community through Class A drug supply, violence and anti-social behaviour.
“For several months now we have, in a coordinated manner, investigated a group of individuals intent on criminality within these communities.”
Following the raids a Police Community Access unit a mobile police station will be situated in the area in a bid to reassure residents and provide them with an immediate point of contact should they have any concerns.
This is likely to be in place for the next month. Mr McEwan also admitted that the operation had largely been facilitated by the creation of the single Scottish police force.
With additional officers and skills at his disposal, he said the impact of the raids could see a large proportion of the local heroin supply removed from the streets.
“We are no longer a force of just 1,100 officers in Fife,” he said.
“Now we are a force of 17,000 to target serious and organised crime. This group is imploding We have them running scared.”