{"id":1185,"date":"2026-05-07T13:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kodak-black-arrested-in-florida-for-alleged-drug-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:52:45","slug":"kodak-black-arrested-in-florida-for-alleged-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kodak-black-arrested-in-florida-for-alleged-drug-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Kodak Black arrested in Florida for alleged drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127185942.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kodak Black has been arrested in Florida for alleged drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kodak Black (pictured here in his latest mugshot) has been arrested in Florida for alleged drug trafficking. <span class=\"credit\">Orange County Corrections Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The rapper (seen here in October 2022) was taken into custody on Wednesday and booked into the Orange County Corrections Department for trafficking MDMA. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for iHeartRadio<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Black\u2019s attorney, Bradford Cohen, told us that the rapper\u2019s arrest was a \u201ccoordinated surrender\u201d connected with a November 2025 case that involved an officer searching a vehicle that his client wasn\u2019t in.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen said that the officer discovered a bag containing a bottle of prescription cough syrup that allegedly had Black\u2019s fingerprint on it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a case where the law is not sufficient to charge possession of the item,\u201d he told us. \u201cThen instead of simple possession, they doubled down and filed it as a trafficking charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Black\u2019s lawyer added that he plans to fight the drug trafficking charge over its \u201cweak legal basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to yet another fruitful resolution to another case that should have never been filed,\u201d Cohen concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A lawyer for Black (pictured here in August 2017) said that he plans to fight the drug trafficking charge over its \u201cweak legal basis.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWe look forward to yet another fruitful resolution to another case that should have never been filed,\u201d an attorney for Black (seen here in September 2025) said. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This wouldn\u2019t be the first time the hip-hop star was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cNo Flockin\u201d rapper has had a\u00a0long history of criminal charges,\u00a0which have included armed robbery, false imprisonment, weapons possession <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/01\/21\/kodak-blacks-may-not-be-free-amid-sexual-assault-charges\/\">and sexual assault<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2020, he <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/03\/13\/kodak-black-pleads-guilty-to-weapons-charge\/\">pleaded guilty to charges of firearms possession<\/a> and served time in federal prison. However, President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/01\/20\/kodak-black-tweets-thanks-to-trump-for-presidential-pardon\/\">commuted his conviction<\/a> the following June.<\/p>\n<p>He was also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/01\/01\/kodak-black-charged-with-trespassing-in-florida\/\">arrested for trespassing<\/a> in his hometown of Pompano Beach, Florida, in January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks later, Black pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree assault and battery and was sentenced to 18 months of probation. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cNo Flockin\u201d rapper (pictured here in September 2022) has had a\u00a0long history of criminal charges. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Black (seen here in court after one of his many arrests) pleaded guilty to charges of firearms possession in March 2020 and served time in federal prison. <span class=\"credit\">Tribune News Service via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, the \u201cTunnel Vision\u201d rapper opened up about his drug use shortly after being arrested for cocaine possession in Plantation, Florida, in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell God himself I do Percs and s\u2013t like that, but them was my medicine prescribed to me,\u201d he said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/livebitez\/status\/1734455937182634087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during an Instagram Live<\/a> at the time, citing the prescription he was given after <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/02\/12\/rapper-kodak-black-shot-outside-hollywood-nightclub\/\">being\u00a0shot in the leg<\/a>\u00a0in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven before I got shot and I had got prescribed to them again, I could say that I had started damn abusing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cTunnel Vision\u201d rapper (pictured here in August 2017) opened up about his drug use after being arrested for cocaine possession in December 2023. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019m working on myself. I\u2019m working right now, homie,\u201d the rapper (seen here in September 2022) said after his cocaine arrest. \u201cI paid $350,000 and s\u2013t to get clean and get better.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Black also opened up about his efforts to get clean following his December 2023 cocaine arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m working on myself. I\u2019m working right now, homie,\u201d the rapper said. \u201cI paid $350,000 and s\u2013t to get clean and get better. I\u2019ve done went to rehab by myself without the court having to tell me to do that. Just me wanting to better myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dad-of-five added, \u201cI got children, homie, and I have to be here for them. I never have enough time on the streets to even be no junkie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/07\/celebrity-news\/kodak-black-arrested-in-florida-for-alleged-drug-trafficking\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kodak Black has been arrested in Florida for alleged drug trafficking. 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