CBC is reporting that "A Toronto man arrested for his role in conspiring to smuggle cocaine for a drug network allegedly tied to former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has taken a plea deal in the US."
"Uzbekistan-born Rakhim Ibragimov, known to associates as the Russian or George, will plead guilty for intent to distribute 375 kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of transporting it to Canada, his plea agreement, filed Monday in California’s central district federal court, said."
"Ibragimov was caught by U.S. authorities in April 2024 after he traveled from Canada to California to oversee a drug shipment, according to an agreed statement of facts laid out in his plea deal." That's the odd part.
"Ibragimov was caught near LA in April 2024 as he loaded boxes filled with 375 kilograms of cocaine - apparently destined for Canada - into his rental car. At the time, Ibragimov was detained and then allowed to return to Ontario."
"Ibragimov's plea deal did not make mention of Wedding."
"An Edmonton man named Sam Nang Bou was caught quietly moving cocaine and meth from California into Canada using long-haul truck drivers." He then became a police informant and wore a wire on a trip to Mexico. Sandoval said the Hells Angels in Montreal were one of his biggest customers."
"62-year-old Guramrit Sidhu of Brampton, Ont., led the drug ring from September 2020 to February 2023." A branch of that ring was working for Rizzuto rivals who work with the Ontario Hells Angels and the Wolf Pack. Larry Amero and Damion Ryan are bigger than Ryan Wedding.
"Operating between September 2020 and February 2023, Sidhu's logistical pipeline connected Mexican cartels with major Canadian organized crime syndicates, including the Hells Angels, the Wolfpack Alliance, and Montreal’s Italian Mafia."
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