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Snoop Dogg performs at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on Dec. 13.
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updated 1/9/2012 2:43:26 PM ET 2012-01-09T19:43:26

Nice to see some things never change. As it happens, Snoop Dogg is still playing that same old record, and was busted for possession of marijuana while driving through Texas over the weekend.

So, how did the Dogg get sniffed out?

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According to the El Paso Times, the rapper was stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint by the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Department's finest in Sierra Blanca, Texas, a small town just outside El Paso.

The bus was searched by officials and after discovering some paraphernalia on board, Snoop was cited for misdemeanor drug possession, though was not taken into custody. According to his Twitter page, the rapper spent the weekend in San Antonio, where he attended the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

Incidentally, the 40-year-old isn't the first musician to get busted in West Texas. Willie Nelson was arrested for possession while traveling through the exact same small town checkpoint back in 2010, while rappers Paul Wall and Baby Bash also got arrested for pot possession in the drug-free zone of El Paso last fall.

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