Tag Archives: STEVEN KALISH

The Last Gentleman Smuggler

The High Times Magazine feature article was the 1980 bust of the El Cobre and Mr. Jake operations on the Gulf Coast. Turned out marina manager Tommy Trotter* was a rat. Read all about it in "The Last Gentleman Smuggler" by Steven M. Kalish and Nikki Palomino. Coming the 15-year smuggling life and 8 1/2…
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Steven Kalish’s story- The Last Gentleman Smuggler

Steven Kalish's story is the kind that can never occur again. Timing for a group of white boys from Braeburn Valley along Braes Bayou in Houston, Texas in the 70's launched millions of dollars into the hands of high school buddies. They believed their cause was noble, their lust for power not unlike the previous…
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