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Wiz Khalifa tweets selfie after pot arrest

EL PASO, Texas — 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 attorney.

A message left at Khalifa’s agency was not immediately returned.

Khalifa was born Cameron Thomaz in Minot, North Dakota.

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