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Nov 2020
A 72-year-old woman from Harrogate will appear in court this morning charged with three counts of cannabis production.
Yoko Banks, of Scargill Road, will be at York Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing this morning.
Should she plead not guilty, a trial date will be set. If she pleads guilty, sentencing will also happen at a future hearing.
Ms Banks was charged following a police incident in central Harrogate on Saturday, September 26.
Officers were called to Alexandra Road, where they said they found "cannabis littering the entire street". They then investigated a house on the road and discovered a “large quantity” of cannabis plants inside.
Not long after, police also discovered two other cannabis grows on Somerset Road and on Woodlands Road.
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