HUNDREDS of police officers and 26 persistent offenders were at the heart of Operation Embleton.
The six-month intelligence-gathering campaign culminated in a series of dawn raids on properties throughout Kirklees.
Persistent offenders were targeted by police who had already built up a catalogue of evidence against the men and women.
The operation saw neighbourhood policing teams working alongside inspectors and intelligence officers using covert policing techniques to get evidence about the suspected criminals activities.
Police say some of them are responsible for a high percentage of burglaries in the borough.
At dawn on Monday, yesterday and today, up to 100 officers prepared for a series of raids.
At 7am each day, the officers were briefed by senior commanders at Huddersfield Police Station and split into eight teams.
Each team was given instructions to simultaneously target different addresses throughout the borough.
They included three properties on the Dewsbury Moor estate and further addresses in Ravensthorpe and throughout Huddersfield.
Eight police riot vans lined Albion Street waiting to take police officers in specialist clothing to the target addresses.
Dozens more plain clothes officers and detectives followed in convoy in unmarked police cars.
Shortly before arriving at the target property, the convoy would get together at a rendezvous point before hitting the target house and breaking entry, stunning the residents inside.
The break-in teams then presented the target with a warrant to enter and made them aware of what was happening.
A search and arrest team entered when told it was safe to do so and the target was then formally arrested.
Investigations continued, often for several hours.
Officers searched the houses and flats for further evidence of crime as the targets were taken to Dewsbury Police Station for further questioning.
All were charged with offences ranging from burglary, theft of cars and drug offences.
