Overview
- Hossain, 32, was arrested Friday in Vancouver by the RCMP after U.S. charges alleging conspiracies to distribute and export cocaine and to launder money.
- Ten other suspects were taken into custody earlier in the week following a nine‑count federal indictment, including Canadian defense lawyer Deepak Balwant Paradkar, who is accused of helping facilitate a witness’s killing in Colombia.
- Wedding remains on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list with a reward of up to $15 million and is believed by officials to be hiding in Mexico.
- U.S. authorities allege Wedding’s network moved large volumes of cocaine into Los Angeles and Canada and used witness intimidation and murder, including a January killing in Medellín and 2023 Ontario homicides.
- Canadian courts are expected to weigh U.S. extradition requests as U.S. officials also deploy financial measures, with Treasury naming Wedding’s wife, Miryam Andrea Castillo Moreno, for sanctions.