Howard Marks

HOWARD MARKS d2016. Welsh drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases. At his peak he claimed to have been smuggling consignments of the drug as large as 30 tons. He was eventually convicted by the American DEA  and given a 25-year sentence to be served at Terre Haute. He was released in April 1995 after serving seven years. Though he had up to 43 aliases, he became known as "Mr Nice" after he bought a passport from convicted murderer Donald Nice. After his release from prison, he published a best-selling autobiography "Mr Nice" and campaigned publicly for changes in drugs legislation. He died of cancer in Leeds aged 70 on April 10th 2016