Kodak Black Turns Himself in to Police on 2025 MDMA Drug Trafficking Charges in Florida

Kodak Black was arrested in Orange County, Florida, earlier this week, on suspicion of drug trafficking, according to a search of Orange County Inmate Records. The records show that authorities have accused the rapper, real name Bill Kahan Kapri, of trafficking an amount of MDMA greater than 10 grams in mass but less than 200 grams. The rapper, whose last known location was Fort Lauderdale, was booked on Wednesday and “presentenced.” His case will be considered in a circuit court.

A rep for the Orlando Police Department tells Rolling Stone that offices responded to reports of shots fired near 910 Fairvilla Road, leading them to search cars near the scene. They arrested a man named James Twitty, charging him with cannabis possession and a firearms charge. “Following further investigation and laboratory results confirming the presence of MDMA in an amount exceeding the trafficking threshold, probable cause was established,” the media relations rep says. “The Orlando Police Department obtained an arrest warrant for Bill Kapri on a charge of Trafficking in MDMA (14 grams or more, less than 200 grams). On May 6, 2026, Bill Kapri turned himself in and is currently in custody at the Orange County jail.” The rep said it would provide no further details “to protect the integrity of the case.”

Kapri’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, tells Rolling Stone that the arrest was a “coordinated surrender” related to an incident in November 2025 when police found “a bag containing several items, including a bottle of prescription cough syrup,” in a car they searched. Kapri was not in the car, but, Cohen says, the bottle “allegedly had Mr. Kapri’s fingerprint on it.” Cohen believes the case is “not sufficient to charge possession of the item,” at least legally.

“Instead of simple possession, they doubled down and filed it as a trafficking charge,” he says. “I will be fighting the charge. This is an ongoing theme where cases that would normally not be filed due to a weak legal basis are filed against Mr. Kapri. We look forward to yet another fruitful resolution to another case that should have never been filed.”

In a statement sent later, Cohen tells Rolling Stone that “no prints were usable” on any of the items. “His prints were not on any of the items,” Cohen says. “This is a clear case if targeting.”

Police have previously arrested Kapri on multiple charges. He was convicted federally of two counts of making false statements on government forms and, on the state level, of first-degree assault and battery. The federal conviction found him sentenced to 46 months in prison, a sentence that was commuted after 10 months, and 18 months of probation on the state charges.
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The 28-year-old last released his eighth and most recent album, Just Getting Started, in late 2025. It peaked at Number 77 on the Billboard 200.

This article was updated at 11:32 a.m. on May 7 to include comment from the Orlando Police Department and again at 11:46 to include a new quote from Kapri’s lawyer.