Two truckers have agreed to plead guilty in connection with a scheme to smuggle loads of cocaine from California to Ontario on behalf of fugitive Ryan Wedding's criminal enterprise, CBC News has learned.

Iqbal Singh Virk and Ranjit Singh Rowal from the Toronto area are the first Canadians to sign plea deals with U.S. prosecutors following the FBI's sprawling investigation revealed last fall, dubbed "Operation Giant Slalom."

The probe — named after Wedding's previous career as an elite snowboarder — sought to dismantle his alleged drug trafficking network, which uses commercial transport trucks to move tonnes of cocaine and fentanyl across North America. The group has also been linked to at least four murders in Ontario.

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