A cou­ple in Bar­rack­pore has been charged with pos­ses­sion of a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion. Nicholas Latch­man, 30, and his com­mon-law wife, Shali­ni Silochan, 35 were ar­rest­ed yes­ter­day af­ter a gun was dis­cov­ered at their home on Ram­lal Trace, Rochard Dou­glas Road, Bar­rack­pore. Ac­cord­ing to po­lice re­ports, of­fi­cers of the Bar­rack­pore Po­lice sta­tion ex­e­cut­ed a search war­rant at the cou­ple’s res­i­dence and found one (1) Coveneca shot­gun with a 12-gauge car­tridge and one (1) round of am­mu­ni­tion on the top of a wardrobe at the home. The cou­ple is due to ap­pear at the Princes Town Mag­is­trates’ Court to­day.