An American man trying to cross the border into Canada faces weapons-related charges.

The man had a semi-automatic pistol and ammunition.

Canada Border Services officers searched his car at the Chief Mountain border crossing.

This is the second firearm seizure this year at the Chief Mountain crossing in Waterton National Park.

There have been 25 undeclared firearms incidents this year at Southern Alberta border crossings.

66 year-old Roy Fielding Neel Jr. from Kentucky faces charges and is scheduled to appear in a Lethbridge courtroom in September.