Seven people linked to a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder who police say is now a drug kingpin have been arrested, including his lawyer, officials said Wednesday.

Ryan Wedding, 44, who is believed to be hiding out in Mexico, is wanted by the United States on drug and murder charges and is on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list.

Wedding, who got into snowboarding after his family moved from Ontario to Metro Vancouver when he was a child, competed for Canada in the event at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

The U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday that it was increasing the reward for information leading to Wedding’s arrest to $15 million from $10 million.

FBI Director Kash Patel described Wedding at a press conference in Washington as a “modern day iteration of Pablo E

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