Hira Noble, Luana Nobe, Tommy Hira Noble, Michelle Te Paki and Michael Lawrence all denied a raft of synthetic cannabis dealing charges in Tauranga District Court yesterday. Photo/File
Two women and three men at the centre of an alleged synthetic cannabis supply ring in Tauranga will defend the police allegations at a jury trial.
Hira Noble, 51, his wife Luana Noble, and his father Tommy Hira Noble, along with Michelle Te Paki, 52, and Michael Charles Lawrence, 42,
denied a raft of charges in the Tauranga District Court on Tuesday.
The charges stem from an undercover police operation which began in February and ended in the arrests of the five defendants back in April.
Police say Hira Noble was the man at the top of the alleged supply chain.
He has pleaded not guilty to 44 charges which relate to the manufacture of psychoactive substances, possession of the substances for supply, and selling synthetic cannabis.
