Jurisprudence

Security was tightened at the Tampa Fla., drug trial of Minnesota Viking kicker Donald Igwebuike as testimony by the government’s key witness turned to the player’s alleged involvement in a smuggling attempt.

Ibezim Ofedu, who has pleaded guilty to conspiring with Igwebuike to bring heroin into Florida from Nigeria, was on the stand for less than an hour when U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich ordered what was expected to be a short recess.