Rapper Wiz Khalifa arrested on pot charge

May 26, 2014 - 08:33
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Rapper Wiz Khalifa arrested on pot charge
This May 18, 2014 file photo shows rapper Wiz Khalifa at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas

Authorities say rapper Wiz Khalifa has been arrested in West Texas for marijuana possession.

The performer from Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, was stopped at an inspection checkpoint at the El Paso airport. A statement from El Paso police says because Khalifa traveled without identification, a search was ordered and Transportation Security Administration agents found a canister with marijuana. TSA alerted police, who then arrested Khalifa.

He was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and was released after posting $300 bail.

Court records do not list an attoey. A message left at Khalifa's agency was not immediately retued.

Khalifa posted a photo on Twitter inside of what appeared to be a holding cell.

Khalifa was bo Cameron Thomaz in Minot, North Dakota. He was a headliner at an El Paso music festival Saturday.

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