Miami.- The rapper Kodak Black was arrested in Florida (USA) for drug possession and trafficking, in a new incident of the controversial artist, who was arrested last January for entering a property without permission, local media reported this Saturday.
Black, whose given name is Bill Kapri, whose singles “Zeze” and “Roll in Peace” have reached platinum and multi-platinum certification in the United States, was taken to the Broward County jail in southwest Florida following being arrested. for possession of oxycodone, a drug from the opiate family.
The artist was arrested on drug possession and trafficking charges following being intercepted in the city of Fort Lauderdale on Friday followingnoon.
Born in South Florida, the 25-year-old singer drove a Dodge Durango model car when local police officers pulled him over for having windows darker than the legal limit, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP).
Ehe FHP spokesman, Lt. Alex Camacho, He said officers smelled marijuana in Black’s vehicle and searched his car, where they found 31 oxycodone pills and $74,960 in cash, leading to his arrest. In addition, the driver’s license and registration (plate) of the vehicle were also expired.
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Black has been involved in recent years in a series of legal problems that have tarnished his image.
The singer was sentenced to almost four years in prison for buying weapons at a Miami-Dade County store with forged documents and false information, a sentence commuted in 2020 by then-President Donald Trump and which allowed the rapper to serve almost alone. half of his sentence.
In April of last year he was sentenced to probation. in a court proceeding in South Carolina in which he was facing charges of raping a teenager, but reached an agreement in which he pleaded guilty to assault.
Black, since 2014, has sold more than 30 million singles and has had several hits “multi-platinum” and certified platinum, including “Zeze”, “No Flockin’” and “Roll in Peace”.
