Russian pilot dealing drugs from Ghana

Russian cargo pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is standing trial in US Federal Court in New York on charges of smuggling cocaine, will have to wait yet again for a verdict.

Federal Judge Jed Rakoff scheduled another hearing in the case for Thursday, after having already scheduled an additional hearing on Wednesday.

A hearing on Tuesday ended without a verdict when the jury requested further documentation. According to the prosecution, Yaroshenko was involved in a criminal scheme to transport an estimated 200 kilograms of cocaine via diplomatic mail from Ghana to New York on a Delta Airlines plane.

Yaroshenko was also accused of transporting drugs by air from Venezuela to Liberia and then to Ghana.