GFUI-09-9322/TAJIKISTAN/DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE JOINT

UNCLAS DUSHANBE 000419 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEA HQ PASS TO: OC/NEWTON-BELL, OE/TRAPP, A/OC/HARRIGAN OCX/WILLIAMS, OEX/MASUMOTO, A/OGE/SCHRETTNER, OGA/RYAN, OGPA/STATEN, NTRE/UPP, NIRE/LEHRER NI/BORDER, NTRE/UPP/KREGOR, FOE/HAFF, NIWF/MANZI, SOD/OSE/LENARTOWICZ/QUINN GAITHER/EDAHL/JASSO OSOC/HAMLET/MILIONE/JASSO/OEMLER/ EDDINGTON/DIEDERICH E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: DEAX SNAR TI SUBJECT: GFUI-09-9322/TAJIKISTAN/DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE JOINT COUNTER NARCOTIC INVESTIGATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN REF: DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE CABEL 000409; R 0205-7Z APR 09 ¶1. (SBU) ON 04/03/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. THE MEETING WAS HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF NARCOTIC INVESTIGATIONS INITIATED BY THE MOI AND SUPPORTED BY THE DCO. ¶2. (SBU) COL. BUHORIEV, WORKING THROUGH THE MOI HAS ESTABLISHED A NUMBER OF CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES (CS) WHO ARE IN A POSITION TO ASSIST THE MOI WITH THE INITIATION OF UNDERCOVER BUY/BUST OPERATIONS TARGETING SPECIFIC TRAFFICKING CELLS OPERATING ALONG TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER AND WITH IN THE CITY LIMITS OF DUSHANBE. ¶3. (SBU) REF: A) (SBU) COL. BUHORIEV STATED THAT ON OR ABOUT MARCH 30, 2009, THE MOI INITIATED AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION USING AN MOI CS TO PENETRATE A TAJIK-AFGHAN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION WHICH WAS PLANNING TO TRANSPORT APPROXIMATELY 1 KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN AND 40 KILOGRAMS OF OPIUM TO DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN. DURING THE PAST WEEK, THE CS WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION WHICH ESTABLISHED WHEN THE ORGANIZATION WOULD BE TRANSPORTING THE DRUG CONSIGNMENT TO DUSHANBE FOR STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION. ¶4. (SBU) ON 04/03/09, THE CS PROVIDED INFORMATION TO THE MOI WHICH IDENTIFIED A TRAFFICKING ASSOCIATE OF THE ORGANIZATION IDENTIFIED AS BURHON HUSAINOVICH SODIKOV. THE INFORMATION FURTHER STATED THAT SODIKOV WOULD BE TRANSPORTING APPROXIMATELY ONE KILOGRAM OF HEROIN TO A PREARRANGED LOCATION NEAR DUSHANBE. BASED ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED INFORMATION, THE MOI WAS ABLE TO ESTABLISH SURVEILLANCE ON SODIKOV AND LATER ARREST HIM. AT THE TIME OF SODIKOV'S ARREST, HE HAD APPROXIMATELY 986 GRAMS OF EXPORT QUALITY HEROIN IN HIS POSSESSION. ACCORDING TO THE MOI, SODIKOV IS PROVIDING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF COOPERATION. ¶5. (SBU) COL. BUHORIEV STATED THAT THE CS WOULD SOON HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHICH WOULD IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF APPROXIMATELY 40 KILOGRAMS OF OPIUM AND ONE KILOGRAM OF HEROIN. THE MOI IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHICH WOULD FULLY IDENTIFY THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED TAJIK TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. THE INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING. ¶6. (U) THIS CABLE WAS PREPARED IN LIEU OF A DEA-6; REFERENCE THE DEA MANUAL SECTION 6242.11. ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONTENT OF THIS CABLE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHI MICHAEL W. BROWN AT 992-37-229-2807. INDEXING SECTION: ¶1. SODIKOV, BURHON, HUSAINOVICH NADDIS: NEGATIVE; DESCRIBED AS A TAJIKI MALE NATIONAL; ON 04/03/09, SODIKOV WAS ARRESTED BY THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN FOR POSSESSING APPROXIMATELY ONE KILOGRAM OF HEROIN. ACCORDING TO SOURCE INFORMATION, SODIKOV IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED TAJIK TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. JACOBSON