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MANDEL: Alleged smuggler in ex-Olympian's drug trafficking network seeks bail

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Gurpreet Singh , 30 , was in a downtown Toronto prisoner’s box seeking bail Tuesday as he fights extradition to the U.S. on charges he helped arrange the transport of huge shipments of cocaine into Canada on behalf of Ryan Wedding , aka El Jefe , a former snowboarder at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City , Utah .

Singh likely faces a term of 20 to 25 years in prison, if convicted.

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