New York City police officer, 2 brothers accused of smuggling guns

[hrmjustin]

Eyewitness News

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A New York City police officer is under arrest, accused of smuggling assault rifles.

A tip from a confidential source to a HLS agent got Federal investigators on the trail of the Maralit Brothers and their alleged international gun smuggling operation.

The arrest complaint details how from 2009 until earlier this year, 44-year-old Rex Maralit an NYPD veteran officer would purchase some of the most powerful assault rifles ever made and with help from his brother Wilfredo, a Customs Agent in LA, would smuggle the weaponry out of JFK to the Philippines. That's where a third brother would deliver the guns to customers whom authorities say had likely gang, even terrorist connections.

"The allegations are that the items were being sent to the brother in the Philippines," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9238453

[atreides1]

1. Not one of Bloomberg's bully boys in blue?

The way that Michael talked about his own little racial profiling Gestapo...how could any of his boys in blue do something like this?

Maybe it's a good thing that Stop & Frisk was ended by a federal judge...it's hard to imagine the NYPD doing it to their own, but it would be funny!!!

[hrmjustin]

2. Stop and Frisk has not been ended yet but they are trying.

I think Bloomberg should be Frisked everyday to see how he likes it.