NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Three brothers, including an NYPD cop, have been charged with allegedly smuggling weapons from the United States to the Philippines, authorities announced Friday.

Rex Maralit, an officer assigned to police headquarters in Manhattan, was arrested by federal agents and the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau.

U.S. Atty: NYPD Cop, His Brothers Charged In Alleged Gun Smuggling Ring

His brother, Wilfredo Maralit, a Customs and Border Protection officer assigned to Los Angeles International Airport, was arrested in California while a third brother, Ariel Maralit, is being sought in the Philippines.

The three are charged with conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act and unlicensed firearms dealing, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said.

“As alleged, rather than upholding and enforcing the law as they had sworn to do, these defendants made international gunrunning a family business,” Lynch said. “The brothers used their knowledge of the law to circumvent it and sent dangerous weapons overseas without regard for the ultimate destination or targets.”

Rex Maralit joined New York’s Finest a decade ago. For the last few years he’s been working in the department’s Equal Employment Opportunity office. He makes about $100,000 a year, CBS 2’s Tony Aiello reported.

He, his wife and three young children live in Lawrenceville, N.J.

One neighbor said she saw Sharon Maralit on Thursday, but when Aiello went to ask her what happened she said “I don’t know.” She was almost crying because she was scared.

Between January 2009 and March 2013, the three brothers allegedly schemed to smuggle high-powered assault rifles, sniper rifles, pistols and firearm accessories from the U.S. to the Philippines, where they were then sold to overseas customers, according to the complaint.