BBCThree people have been arrested following a series of police raids involving brothel keeping in Edinburgh and East Lothian.
Two women aged 70 and 37 and a 46-year-old man were detained after eight properties were raided as part of Operation Cobsnap.
Police say six women and a man, all foreign nationals, are being given welfare and safety support.
Thousands of pounds in cash was confiscated as well as a quantity of cocaine and cannabis.
DCI Jonny Wright, of Police Scotland, said the raids had been successful.
“We’ve arrested three individuals this morning, two in relation to brothel keeping and one in relation to being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs,” he said.
“We’ve managed to safeguard seven people this morning working with victim navigators and partners to make sure those people feel truly supported.”
DCI Wright described the operation as “a complex invetigation”.
He added: “People shouldn’t be exploited and shouldn’t be coerced to behave in a way they don’t wish to do and it’s about us disrupting that particular behaviour.”
