South Florida rapper Kodak Black has been arrested and charged with drug trafficking after police used his Instagram posts to link him to MDMA found in a Lamborghini in Orlando.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was arrested Wednesday in Orange County after flying from California and turning himself in, according to his attorney.<\/p>\n
The investigation began Nov. 24 when Orlando Police responded to reports of gunshots about 1 a.m. at the Children\u2019s Safety Village nonprofit in west Orlando, court records show.<\/p>\n
Police found several people gathered around two running cars. Officers searched the first car and found 56 grams of marijuana; a pill that tested positive for MDMA, better known as molly or ecstasy; and $60 in cash. Kapri walked up and began observing the search, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.<\/p>\n
Officers then searched the second car, a green Lamborghini SUV, and found a pink bag in the back seat containing 25 grams of MDMA and $37,000. The bag also contained documents with Kapri\u2019s name on them, including a prison card and a distinctive lighter shaped like a handgun, the affidavit said.<\/p>\n
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed the bag\u2019s contents as MDMA on April 17. Orlando Police then secured an arrest warrant, the agency said Thursday.<\/p>\n
Previous Instagram posts Kapri had made appeared to show him with the same pink bag and lighter. He denied the bag or its contents were his but tried to have officers turn over the money to him, saying it belonging to his business, according to the affidavit. Also found in the car were two rings and a pair of pink scissors that also appear to be seen in Kapri\u2019s Instagram posts.<\/p>\n
Kapri entered a plea of not guilty in court Thursday. A judge granted him a $75,000 bond after declining his attorneys\u2019 requests for a $10,000 bond, with the judge noting his 12 previous felony convictions. The judge also denied prosecutors\u2019 request to have Kapri surrender his passport.<\/p>\n
He remained at the Orange County Jail as of late Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Kapri\u2019s attorney, Bradford Cohen, said neither vehicle at the scene was personally registered to his client. The Orlando Police Department on Thursday declined to confirm whether the Lamborghini belonged to Kapri.<\/p>\n
Another man was found asleep in the Lamborghini\u2019s back seat next to a bag containing 28 grams of marijuana. He also had a gun, although the man had a concealed weapon license, according to records.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors charged that man, James Twitty, on April 24 with possession of over 20 grams of marijuana and possession of a concealed firearm in commission of a felony. Those charges were dropped Wednesday, the same day as Kapri\u2019s most recent arrest, court records show.<\/p>\n