THE Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Thursday said it will file criminal and administrative charges against five senior police officers in connection with missing AK-47 assault rifles that turned out to be in the custody of leftist rebels in Mindanao.

CIDG chief Director Benjamin Magalong said two of the officers charged for the more than 1,000 missing assault rifles are still active in service.

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