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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