Goodbye Howard Marks

[Mister Pink]

One of the biggest cannabis dealers during the 70's and 80's, an Oxford graduate with a physics degree aka Mr Nice is gone.

 

 

His activities mushroomed after a chance meeting with a Pakistani supplier made him realise how lucrative drug smuggling could be. After teaming up with Jim McCann, a senior member of the IRA, his business was soon bringing in huge amounts of cash and he began setting up various legitimate businesses as a front, to launder the proceeds of his hashish smuggling. At one time he claims to have had 25 such companies, 89 phone lines and 43 aliases, including the name used for the title of this book, Mr. Nice, an alias he adopted after buying a passport from a convicted murderer of that name.

Following his arrest in 1980 in a joint operation by British and Spanish police, Marks managed to avoid a lengthy sentence by claiming to be a spy for the British intelligence agency MI6. He was eventually caught again, this time by the American DEA, and sentenced to life in prison at Terre Haute federal penitentiary in Indiana. He was released after seven years and allowed to return to the UK

 

His book Mr Nice was a best seller and a very interesting read...(quotes taken from Wikipedia)

 

 

Mr. Nice is the autobiography of former drug dealer Howard Marks. Published in 1996 it became an international bestseller due in large part to the humour and unabashed bravado the author uses to describe his life and the sheer scale of his drug deals involving, amongst others, the CIA, MI6, the IRA and the Mafia. The book received mostly positive reviews, though some critics were initially sceptical of some of the more outlandish details portrayed.It was adapted for film in 2010 as Mr. Nice.

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36012026

 

 

Edited April 11, 2016 by Mister Pink

[El Dildo]

smoke em' if you got em'

 

RIP Mr Nice

[Not A Nice Person]

 

His activities mushroomed after a chance meeting with a Pakistani supplier made him realise how lucrative drug smuggling could be. After teaming up with Jim McCann, a senior member of the IRA, his business was soon bringing in huge amounts of cash and he began setting up various legitimate businesses as a front, to launder the proceeds of his hashish smuggling. At one time he claims to have had 25 such companies, 89 phone lines and 43 aliases, including the name used for the title of this book, Mr. Nice, an alias he adopted after buying a passport from a convicted murderer of that name.

Which IRA?

[Flachbau]

when I smoke for the first time I'll dedicate it to Howard

[Dr Labuschagne]

I sense Snoop will be in attendance...

[Mister Pink]

 

 

His activities mushroomed after a chance meeting with a Pakistani supplier made him realise how lucrative drug smuggling could be. After teaming up with Jim McCann, a senior member of the IRA, his business was soon bringing in huge amounts of cash and he began setting up various legitimate businesses as a front, to launder the proceeds of his hashish smuggling. At one time he claims to have had 25 such companies, 89 phone lines and 43 aliases, including the name used for the title of this book, Mr. Nice, an alias he adopted after buying a passport from a convicted murderer of that name.

Which IRA?

 

 

I'm assuming it was the PIRA

 

*Quick search and McCann was a provo.

[Arachne]

He didn't deserve to die.

[BrownBear]

About to blaze one up in honour of this true stoner legend.

Might re-read Mr Nice,