Kodak Black arrested in Florida for drug possession

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Kodak Black was arrested in Florida during a traffic stop near Fort Lauderdale and charged with drug trafficking and possession over the weekend.  He was released from jail on a $75,000 bond Saturday morning.

Police said in a press release that Black — born Dieuson Octave, and legally named Bill Capri — was pulled over by Florida Highway Patrol for expired tags and windows tinted beyond the legal limit.  Police searched the car and found 31 pills of oxycodone, a highly addictive opioid used to treat pain, and $74,960 in cash. He was booked into the Broward County Jail where he remained in custody on Saturday morning.

Black’s lawyer Bradford Cohen said that the rapper was released on the $75,000 bond after a hearing Saturday morning.  Cohen said in a statement “Never Judge a case based on an arrest. There are always additional facts and circumstances that give rise to a defense, especially in this case. We will get him a bond today and move forward with resolving the matter quickly.”

This is not Kodak’s first brush with the law; he was sentenced to four years in prison on weapons charges in 2019 before he was pardoned by former President Donald Trump.  And in February, Black was shot in the leg and three other people were injured outside an afterparty for a Justin Bieber concert at The Nice Guy restaurant in Los Angeles.

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