Complex sentence: However, plausibility aside, Caribbean sugar being at the premium it was was also highly taxed, legend has it that he was not only a fence for cane sugar smugglers but had also set up a distillery in the tower.
Split into simpler sentences: However, plausibility aside, Caribbean sugar being at the premium it was was also highly taxed. Legend has it that he was not only a fence for cane sugar smugglers but had also set up a distillery in the tower.