Thanks to tip-offs and information from the local community, teams of officers swooped on the area and netted a haul of class A drugs and cash.

In the first raid carried out on Wednesday morning, officers retrieved heroin worth £500 plus £100 of cash.

Just hours later they carried out a second raid at a separate address in the area. At the time of going to press, investigations were still on-going and police were unable to reveal what, if anything, they had found.

They did confirm two people were due to appear at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court today (Thursday) in connection with the raids.

The latest action has been hailed as a success thanks to the Templehall community which has been in contact with police with information and tip-offs.

This week's swoop was the latest example of a variety of work being carried out by a number of different organisations to help turn around Templehall's troubled reputation.

Chief Inspector Gary Crawford said: "These operations were part of the ongoing work by divisional officers and the Safer Neighbourhoods team in the Templehall area.

"We are working closely with the community on this initiative and yesterday's operations came about as a result of community intelligence. We urge residents in the area to keep supporting us so that we can continue to build on the recent achievements in the Templehall area."

Just a year ago, 100 police officers carried out a raid on a Templehall home, seizing class A, B and C drugs thanks to the public's help.

Then late last year, a six month deadline was set as an initial target to clean-up and improve the area's reputation, turning around the negative perception of a community riddled by drugs, anti-social behaviour and crime.

A task force was set up in a bid for change with those involved confident that the area's image could be turned around if the community and different organisations, including the safer neighbourhoods team, local councillors and community groups, worked together.

The idea to clean-up Templehall's image was marked publicly in December by an event in the community centre where more than 100 residents met to discuss their neighbourhood. They identified the desire for teenage discos, street football and better lighting in the area.

The community groups renewed calls for permanent CCTV cameras to be mounted in trouble hotspots following on from the success of mobile cameras around the community centre and shops in Dunearn Drive.

At that time locals and traders reported that thanks to community police input and the mobile cameras they had noticed a drop in anti-social behaviour.

The area received another boost earlier this year when it was revealed four community wardens would be appointed to patrol Templehall and the surrounding area in a bid to promote community safety.