Co-accused in Ryan Wedding drug case to be extradited to U.S.
An Ontario jeweller who was arrested in an investigation into associates of Olympic snowboarder-turned-alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding will be extradited to the United States.
Rolan Sokolovski, an Ontario jeweller and procurer, will be extradited to the United States according to the Extradition Act, as announced in a Toronto courtroom on Tuesday. He is accused of laundering money for Ryan Wedding's criminal organization through his jewelry store and acquiring luxury items for the former Olympian, including a $13-million Mercedes.
American authorities are seeking Sokolovski for conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine, conspiracy to export cocaine, and conspiracy to launder money. The federal minister of justice must issue a surrender order for Sokolovski to be extradited, though the timeline for this is unclear.
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