'Mr Nice' drug smuggler Marks reveals inoperable cancer

Notorious former drug smuggler and author Howard Marks has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer, he has announced this weekend.

'Mr Nice' drug smuggler Marks reveals inoperable cancer
Sun, 25 Jan, 2015 - 13:29

Notorious former drug smuggler and author Howard Marks has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer, he has announced this weekend.

The Oxford graduate, 69, said he had “no regrets” about a life which saw him mingle with A-listers from the entertainment world and spend seven years in jail after being convicted of serious drugs offences.

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