The jury at a federal court in New York found Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko guilty, Ria Novosti news agency reports. The sentence will be announced in three months.
The pilot, who was scooped up by US officials in Liberia last year, taken to a Manhattan jail and charged with an attempt to smuggle cocaine to South America, Africa and Europe from Liberia and Venezuela.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has denounced the pilot’s arrest as a violation of international law.
Yaroshenko denies the charges.
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