The FBI unsealed an indictment on Wednesday charging 12 people working for wanted drug lord and ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding ‘s alleged sprawling criminal enterprise and brought new charges against Wedding himself — including in connection with the death of a co-operating FBI witness.

A well-known Toronto-area defence lawyer who posted under the social media handle @Cocaine_lawyer was also arrested on explosive U.S. allegations he advised Wedding to murder an FBI witness in an assassination first reported by the Star.

The Star has covered Wedding and his alleged drug trafficking operation since the FBI first brought charges against the 2002 Olympian in October 2024. Read how the once promising snowboarder became one of America’s 10 most wanted fugitives and, according to U.S. authoritie

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