Three men were arrested for attempting to bribe a juror with $100,000 in the Brooklyn trial of former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic, prompting a federal judge to dismiss the jury.
Gogic faces charges of smuggling over 18 tons of cocaine to Europe via U.S. ports.
The bribery plot, captured in recorded conversations, involved multiple meetings with a juror.
The trial will resume with an anonymous jury after a 30-day break, the AP has reported.
If convicted, Gogic could face 10 years to life in prison; authorities describe his operations as among the largest cocaine smuggling schemes in U.S. history.
