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June 19, 2008
Smoked Tuna in the Can
He was the first big bust of the War on Drugs. That and two bits won't get you a cup of coffee.
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October 7, 2010
Key Dates in Pot History
He was the first big bust of the War on Drugs. That and two bits won't get you a cup of coffee.
News
October 7, 2010
Taking a Legal Toke
He was the first big bust of the War on Drugs. That and two bits won't get you a cup of coffee.
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October 12, 2010
Longest-Serving Prisoner in War on Weed Targets Seniors in Legalization Effort
Doing more than 29 years in prison, Robert Platshorn was the longest-serving nonviolent prisoner in America's war on weed. He was once part of a small, homegrown smuggling outfit known as "The Black Tuna Gang." Now out of prison, living in West Palm Beach, and active in the legalization movement, ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
South Florida Pot Smuggling Documentary, Square Grouper, To Premeire At SXSW
From director Billy Corben and the minds that brought you Cocaine Cowboys and The U, comes Square Grouper, a new documentary about the heyday of South Florida pot smuggling. The movie has been described as: "a colorful portrait of Miami's pot smuggling scene of the 1970s, populated with redneck p ... More >>
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January 31, 2011
Mark Phillips, Smuggler Fugitive Arrested After 31 Years, Was a "Bit Player"
Mark Steven Phillips, 62, arrested after 31 years on the run.Mark Phillips, the 62-year-old man arrested last week in West Palm Beach on a drug smuggling charge from 31 years ago, was a "bit player" in the large-scale pot moving operation, according to one of the leaders of the smuggling organiza ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Sentencing Date Set for Mark Steven Phillips, Convicted Drug-Smuggling Fugitive On the Run 31 Years
Mark Steven PhillipsThe day of judgment has been set in the case of Mark Phillips, the man who up and left in the middle of one of the biggest pot-smuggling trials in American history -- he was convicted in absentia, went on the run from the law for 31 years, was told his warrants had been cleare ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
Square Grouper Reviews Are In
Well, the reviews are in. Square Grouper, the new documentary about South Florida's wild pot-smuggling history -- the movie features Robert Platshorn, the man who served the longest pot-related prison term in U.S. history for his part in a the Black Tuna gang -- premiered last week in Austin at ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Mark Phillips, Pot-Smuggling "Bit Player," Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
The feds say that Mark Phillips, a 62-year-old West Palm resident, helped the Black Tuna gang smuggle pot into the United States when he ran a Fort Lauderdale yacht outfit in the 1970s. In 1979, they put out a warrant for his arrest, but he had fled the country. He returned last year, living a qu ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Pot Smuggler Schools Seniors on Medical Marijuana
The feds say that Mark Phillips, a 62-year-old West Palm resident, helped the Black Tuna gang smuggle pot into the United States when he ran a Fort Lauderdale yacht outfit in the 1970s. In 1979, they put out a warrant for his arrest, but he had fled the country. He returned last year, living a qu ... More >>