Canadian former Olympic snowboarder wanted in double homicide: DOJ [Video]

A Canadian former Olympic snowboarder who is suspected of being the leader of a transnational drug trafficking group that operated in four countries is wanted for allegedly orchestrating the murder of an “innocent” couple in Caledon in 2023, authorities say.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that 43-year-old Ryan James Wedding, who competed for Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, along with 34-year-old Andrew Clark, allegedly directed the Nov. 20, 2023, murders “in retaliation for a stolen drug shipment that passed through Southern California.”

During a police news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Deputy Commissioner Marty Kearns said the victims who were killed, Jagtar Singh Sidhu, 57, and Harbhajan Kaur Sidhu, 55 and their daughter Jaspreet Kaur Sidhu, 28, who survived the shooting, “were completely innocent.”

“Our investigation has determined that these three victims were mistakenly targeted and were not involved in the alleged trafficking organization,” Kearns …