Ryan Wedding, an ex-Olympic snowboarder, is facing federal charges alongside 15 other defendants in what prosecutors have described as a cocaine trafficking ring that ran stash houses in Los Angeles and operated across North America.

Authorities announced Thursday that former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has been charged with running a drug trafficking ring that has shipped vast amounts of cocaine across the United States and has also killed several people.

Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding has transformed from an elite athlete to an alleged international drug kingpin. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is now offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the 43-year-old,