David Campbell jailed after police find gun and ammunition in car A car passenger who was caught with a gun and ammunition has been jailed for more than five years. David Campbell, 26, was arrested when police stopped a Vauxhall Corsa on January 25 at Lang Avenue in Renfrew. Officers found the Smith & Wesson revolver and bullets after searching a sports bag discovered in the front passenger footwell. Campbell, of Buchanan Street, Glasgow, earlier admitted illegally possessing the prohibited weapon and ammunition. A judge told him at the High Court in Edinburgh: "You understand that you have pled guilty to serious charges." Lady Stacey pointed out that the offence of possessing the firearm carried a minimum sentence of five years imprisonment. The judge imposed a further eight months jail for the ammunition charge. She told Campbell that she took into account his relative lack of record and that he had not been involved with firearms before. The court heard that the gun and five cartridges were found in a black sock along with a pair of rubber gloves inside a carrier bag in the holdall. Although the gun was in a poor external condition it was still in working order and could be fired. Defence counsel Kevin McCallum said that although Campbell was only involved in the transportation of the items that did not deflect from the seriousness of the offences. He said Campbell did not appear to be "a habitual offender" and had no similar previous convictions.