Montreal man arrested over alleged link to Ryan Wedding: FBI

Tommy Demorizi was arrested at Newark International Airport in New Jersey. (Courtesy: FBI)

By The Canadian Press

Posted February 11, 2026 11:29 am.

A Montreal man wanted in connection with a criminal organization allegedly run by former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding has been arrested in the United States.

The FBI says 35-year-old Tommy Demorizi was arrested on Tuesday at Newark International Airport in New Jersey.

It says he was wanted for multiple offences, including allegedly helping locate a witness who was later killed.

Demorizi faces charges including conspiracy to distribute and export cocaine, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to tamper with a witness.

Several other Canadians have been arrested as part of the investigation into Wedding, including a lawyer who allegedly advised the killing of a federal witness and a jeweller accused of being the “de facto bank” for the criminal enterprise.

Wedding himself was arrested in Mexico in January after a years-long manhunt, with FBI director Kash Patel calling him “the largest narco trafficker in modern times.”

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