Arrested beautician says 'I had not taken cannabis that day - it was from the night before'

NewsGreater Manchester NewsCourtsBeautician Annie Banister was taken to court10:30, 13 Jul 2026A beautician has been banned from the road after she was caught driving her car whilst twice the drug-drive limit - a day after she smoked cannabis.‌Annie Banister, 28, was pulled over by police after she was seen 'weaving' on a roundabout in her black Mercedes A180, a court heard.‌Magistrates heard that although she had smoked cannabis the night before, Banister was shocked to discover the drug was still in her system around 16 hours later.‌Click here to hear the latest from Manchester's courts in our newsletterAfter failing a roadside drug test, a subsequent blood test showed she had 4.4 micrograms of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) per litre of blood. THC is the principal psychoactive ingre