Former Olympic snowboarder and FBI Most Wanted fugitive Ryan Wedding arrested

 A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and the largest cocaine distributor in Canada, according to officials, has been arrested and is being placed in US custody.

Ryan Wedding was one of FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” fugitives, with a $15 million reward for his capture, after being indicted for allegedly running a criminal enterprise, cocaine trafficking and murder in an operation stretching across the US, Canada, Mexico and Colombia.

According to FBI Director Kash Patel, Wedding was taken into custody in Mexico on Thursday night and is being transported to the US. Officials say Wedding has been hiding in Mexico for over a decade, working for the Sinaloa Cartel and their cocaine operations – shipping the drug from Columbia to the US and Canada.

Attorney General Pam Bondi previously said Wedding’s operation was responsible for more than $1 billion a year in illegal drug proceeds. Officials had believed Wedding to be somewhere in Mexico under the protection of the Sinaloa cartel.

“This operation is the result of tremendous cooperation and team work with the Government of Mexico,” Patel wrote in a post online Friday announcing the arrest. “Special thanks to our amazing partners in Mexico who facilitated this - President Sheinbaum, Secretary Harfuch, Ambassador Ron Johnson, Legat Mexico, and more.”