Wiz Khalifa arrested at El Paso airport

Wiz Khalifa has been arrested in West Texas for drug possession.

The rapper was stopped at an inspection checkpoint at the El Paso airport. A statement from El Paso police says because Wiz Khalifa traveled without identification, a search was ordered and Transportation Security Administration agents found a canister with marijuana.

Wiz Khalifa was a headliner at an El Paso music festival Saturday (photo AP)

TSA alerted police, who then arrested Wiz Khalifa.

He was a headliner at an El Paso music festival Saturday.

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

Court records do not list an attorney.

Wiz Khalifa – born Cameron Thomaz in Minot, North Dakota – posted a photo on Twitter inside of what appeared to be a holding cell.

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