If you were thinking of opening a cannabis cafe - let this be a warning

Apr 25 2006

By Sarah Chapman & Mike Hornby, Liverpool Echo

THE jailing of a Liverpool cannabis cafe owner should serve as a warning to others, police said today. Officers welcomed the 12-month term handed to Gary Youds who had opened an Amsterdam-style cafe in Holt Road, Kensington, last year. Superintendent Chris Armitt of Merseyside police said: "Mr Youds has flagrantly broken the law and despite repeated warnings and intervention, engaged in acts that could bring harm to the local community, and he has been sentenced accordingly. "We don't condone drug taking or law breaking in any way and will always act when matters of this nature are brought to our attention." Story continues ADVERTISEMENT But those who live close to the Chill-in' Rooms said they were surprised by Mr Youds' sentence.. Enid Bristow, of the Needham Road residents association, was one of a group of locals invited to tour the cafe shortly after it opened. Mrs Bristow said today: "It's sad for Gary, I wouldn't wish any harm on the lad.

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