A tour bus transporting hip-hop performer Snoop Dogg was pulled over by police and two people accompanying the rapper were arrested on marijuana possession charges on Thursday, just a few hours before a concert in Dallas, the Associated Press cited a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Snoop Dogg was due to perform at a concert near the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. He is on tour with alternative rock group 311.

Charlie Morgan, the DPS spokesman, reported that members of a commercial vehicle inspection team stopped the bus on Interstate 45 in Corsicana because it had an expired registration sticker. However, troopers ended up searching the vehicle for drugs after they smelled marijuana and finally discovered two ounces of the drug.

The two men, Ethan Calhoun, 27, and Kevin Barkey, 26, were arrested after acknowledging that they owned the drugs, Charlie Morgan informed the Associated Press. They were both taken to the Navarro County Jail and face fines of up to $2,000 and six months of imprisonment if they are found guilty, as reported by the same source. Furthermore, bond was set at $1,500 each.

Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., was not charged this time. However, the hip-hop artist has not stayed away from police attention in the past. Last year, he was arrested at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., on suspicion of carrying marijuana and was later charged with gun possession after a firearm was found in his home. Moreover, he did not contest the accusations in April 2007 and agreed to five years of probation and 800 hours of community service.