Twenty-six-year-old Tim Blair of Green Pond district was taken into custody and charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.
Reports from the Mount Salem Police are that about 7:15 pm, during an operation in the area, Blair was accosted and searched and a Smith and Wesson .38 revolver containing six .38 rounds of ammunition was taken from him.
Blair is scheduled to appear before the Western Regional Gun Court on Wednesday, January 14.