A CHARD woman has been ordered to appear in court later this month facing charges of possessing class A drugs and being in possession of a lock knife.

Sacha Marie Bane, 40, of High Street, is charged with being in a public place, namely Alexandra Road in Yeovil, in possession of an offensive weapon, namely a locking butterfly knife.

She is also alleged to have been in possession one wrap of heroin weighing 0.2g and two wraps of cocaine weighing 0.3g during the same incident on July 19.

The defendant did not attend the scheduled hearing before Somerset Magistrates but the case was adjourned until November 16 when Bane was told she must attend to enter her pleas or a warrant may be issued for her arrest.