A crime blog, that helped orchestrate a crime. Web hits, that turned into a real hit.

Those are among the allegations the co-founder of the The Dirty Newz website, Gursewak Singh Bal, 33, of Mississauga, is facing after he was among seven Canadians arrested Wednesday as part of the FBI’s Operation Giant Slalom — an ongoing probe into former Olympic athlete and now-suspected cocaine kingpin, Ryan Wedding.

Bal is accused of helping assassins track down and kill a federal witness who was set to testify against Wedding in a federal narcotics case.

The FBI has since seized The Dirty Newz website.

Related: • Canadian lawyer advised Ryan Wedding to kill witness, U.S. officials allege • FBI announce $15M reward for former Canadian Olympian turned drug kingpin Ryan Wedding • Alleged Canad

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