Grammy Award-winning rapper Nelly has been arrested on drugs charges after police stopped the bus on which he was traveling in Tennessee, reports the BBC.

The hip-hop star, whose real name is Cornell Haynes, was pulled over in his coach on Saturday morning because it was allegedly missing legally-required stickers.

Upon boarding the bus, a state trooper smelled marijuana, and it was then searched, said Tennessee authorities. Officers allegedly also found drugs and handguns on board.

Nelly was arrested and charged with felony possession of drugs, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia and was later released on bail Another man traveling on the coach was also arrested and charged.

Nelly was taken to Putnam County Jail after the bus, which had six people on board, was stopped on Interstate 40.

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security said in a statement that two state troopers searched the bus and found “five coloured crystal-type rocks that tested positive for methamphetamine, as well as a small amount of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia” as well as the guns.

According to CNN, Nelly’s lawyer Scott Rosenblum said “there had been 15-20 people that had access to the bus prior to the stop.” Rosenberg continued that he was “extremely confident that when the facts come out, Nelly will not be associated with the contraband that was allegedly discovered.”

The 40-year-old rapper, whose rose to fame with hits including “Hot in Herre,” “Dilemma” and “Ride Wit Me,” is currently starring in his own reality TV show, “Nellyville.”

The show features the star’s home and family life with his two children and his sister’s two children, whom he adopted following his sibling’s death from leukemia.