Authorities seize $40 million motorcycle collection tied to alleged drug kingpin

Comprised of MotoGP prototypes, race replicas, and rare collector's models, the collection is estimated to be worth $40 million. The motorcycles may be in police custody, but Wedding, a Canadian national, remains at large. 

In October 2024, the FBI indicted the 44-year-old suspect on multiple drug trafficking charges. By March, the agency added Wedding to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. The Bureau believes he currently resides in Mexico, from which he oversaw a “transnational drug trafficking operation that routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada, and other locations in the United States.”

In furtherance of those crimes, Wedding was also allegedly “involved in orchestrating multiple murders,” including the slaying of a potential witness. Those offenses led the U.S. Department of State's Narcotics Rewards Program to post a $15 million reward for anyone providing information that leads to Wedding’s arrest.

This month, Mexican authorities executed multiple search warrants and seized a large number of motorcycles with an estimated value of approximately $40 million USD believed to be owned by FBI’s Top Ten Fugitive Ryan James Wedding. This successful seizure is a result of… pic.twitter.com/yessXdMYDV

— FBI Los Angeles (@FBILosAngeles) December 29, 2025

Unfortunately, authorities haven’t established whether the motorcycles factor into Wedding’s operation or how the seizure aids the active investigation. Is Wedding a motorcycle enthusiast? Is he a MotoGP fanatic? (The bikes of Rossi, Lorenzo, and Márquez sure suggest so.) Are those million-dollar test mules being used as drug mules?

At this point, there are more questions than answers, but if there’s any question worth asking, it’s when and where is the police auction? I see a few worthy track bikes that I’d like to drop some pesos on.