SPANISH LAKE • A 79-year-old man placed an ad that he would pay cash for any unwanted guns.

But when a purported seller showed up at his home Wednesday night, the man was accosted by three men who tied him up with a jump rope and carried out weapons by the armsful.

St. Louis County Police Officer Brian Schellman said the man was not injured in the attack about 8 p.m. Wednesday at his home in the 1700 block of June Drive.

Police did not have a detailed description of the three robbers.

The victim had gotten a call Wednesday from a man who saw his ad in the Thrifty Nickel newspaper. The caller said he had a .38-caliber revolver he wanted to sell. They agreed to meet at the home on June Drive.

On Wednesday night, the victim got a call that the seller was outside. When the victim opened the overhead garage door to let him in, two men pushed him to the ground and tied him up. A third man then joined in to help carry guns, jewelry and cash out of the home.

A neighbor saw two men loading items into a car that was backed up in the driveway. One man had an armful of guns.