Police say a number of potential victims of modern slavery were safeguarded following the searches.
Police have arrested 18 people and safeguarded potential victims of modern slavery in South Yorkshire.
At one address, Class A drugs were seized along with 20 weapons including gas-powered air weapons, lock knives, a crossbow, a baton and a knuckle-duster.Twelve car washes and six nail bars were also searched and seven arrests were made over immigration offences and the production of cannabis. She said: "Unfortunately, we know that unregulated hand car washes are often linked to wider organised crime groups and involved in the production of drugs, human trafficking, money laundering, child exploitation, as well as organised immigration crime.
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