Ryan Wedding, former Olympic snowboarder accused of running a drug empire, is arrested

[Eugene]

Source: Yahoo! News

Ryan Wedding, former Olympic snowboarder accused of running a drug empire, is arrested

The 44-year-old Canadian was added to the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list in 2025.

Dylan Stableford, Reporter
Updated Fri, January 23, 2026 at 11:07 AM EST
2 min read

Ryan Wedding, the former Olympic snowboarder who was wanted by the FBI for allegedly running a violent transnational drug trafficking organization, has been arrested, the Justice Department announced on Friday.

Wedding, 44, was added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list in March.

“At my direction, Department of Justice agents have apprehended yet another member of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List: Ryan Wedding, the onetime Olympian snowboarder-turned alleged violent cocaine kingpin,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X.

Wedding was taken into custody in Mexico on Thursday night, FBI Director Kash Patel said in his own X post. He is being flown to the United States

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[Ritabert]

1. I was going to say "how long before he's pardoned?" but...

...he's a Canadian. He may be a poster boy for drug enforcement.

[Eugene]

2. His trolling the DOJ on Instagram also won't help his case.

[Ritabert]

3. I didn't know about that.