Yoko Ono, girlfriend of John Lennon, in a car

Oct. 10, 1969 - Beatle John Lennon on Drug Charge : John Lennon of the Beatles, and his friend Yoko Ono Cox, the Japanese artist, were arrested by Scotland yard Drug Squad officers in London yesterday The were both charged in two counts with the illegal possession of cannabis and obstructing police in the execution of a search warrant. They were each bailed on the sum of 100 for themselves and surety of 100 and will appear at Marylebone court today. Three detectives and a policewoman called at a ground floor flat in montague square, Marylebone, yesterday. They also had with them two dogs, both Labradors, after about an hour 28 year old John left in a Mini-Cooper with two police officers, and shortly afterwards Yoko, who has been named in a divorce petition by Lennon's wife, came out with a policewoman and was driven away in another car to the Marylebone lane police station were they were charged. Photo shows Yoko Ono leaving the Marylebone court by car this morning after appearing on a drug charge with Beatle John Lennon

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