Truckers were key part of Ryan Wedding’s alleged narco empire

Some 3,700 kilometres along the highways Virk and Rowal had just driven, in Los Angeles, U.S. authorities had been investigating a huge international criminal enterprise. That violent and prolific cartel, authorities claimed, was headed by Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder for Team Canada. Wedding, born in Thunder Bay, Ont., was named the mastermind behind a deluge of cocaine flowing from Colombia to California and then to Canada, from a safe space in Mexico.