Canadian Olympian called ‘drug lord’ by FBI, accused of ordering Ontario killings

A Canadian Olympic snowboarder is being accused of moving an planetary cause ringing and being down a drawstring of fatal shootings successful the Toronto country that near 3 radical dormant past year.

The U.S. Justice Department issued an announcement Thursday alleging that Ryan Wedding and different Canadian Andrew Clark, who some unrecorded successful Mexico, ordered respective shootings successful Ontario, including 1 successful Caledon which resulted successful the decease of 3 people.

In March, Peel Regional Police announced that 5 shootings — including 2 that resulted successful the deaths of 3 guiltless radical — were each linked.

Among the 5 shootings were 1 astatine Royal Windsor Drive and Winston Churchill Boulevard successful Mississauga connected Nov. 15, 2023, which near Brampton nonmigratory Jagraj Singh, 29, dead.

Five days later, a antheral and a pistillate were killed successful a shooting astatine a location successful Caledon, Peel constabulary said.

American officials allege Wedding and Clark ordered the deaths of the household members successful Caledon successful transportation to a stolen cause shipment which had passed done Caledon.

The brace were besides said to person ordered different deed connected May 18 implicit a cause indebtedness though a merchandise did not specify a determination for that one.

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The U.S. Justice Department besides accidental that Clark and a 23-year-old Canadian named Malik Damion Cunningham are besides facing execution charges successful transportation to a sidesplitting successful Ontario connected April 1.

Thursday’s announcement said the brace were among 16 radical who person been charged successful Los Angeles successful transportation to a cocaine smuggling ringing which was bringing cocaine from Columbia up done Mexico and into California earlier it was distributed crossed Canada and the U.S.

They allege that 2 men from Ontario, Hardeep Ratte, 45, and Gurpreet Singh, 30,  were down a Canada-based proscription web that was shipping cocaine to Canada utilizing long-haul semi-trucks.

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