Ex-Canadian Olympic Snowboarder Charged With Running Drug Trafficking Ring [Video]

Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding has been charged with running a drug trafficking ring through North America, authorities said Thursday.

Wedding, a 43-year-old Canadian citizen who was living in Mexico, is charged in the United States with running a criminal enterprise, murder, conspiring to distribute cocaine and other crimes, according to U.S. prosecutors. A federal warrant for his arrest was issued in mid-September.

He is considered a fugitive, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and extradition.

The drug trafficking ring allegedly shipped large amounts of cocaine from Colombia through Mexico and California to Canada and other locations in the U.S. using long-haul semi-trucks.

Wedding is one of 16 people charged in connection with a ring that moved 60 tons of cocaine a year, said Martin Estrada, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, adding …