UI-09-0004/WEH1F/MADAYOMOV, HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH SUMMARY

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 DUSHANBE 000477 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, OEE/MONACO, 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: UI-09-0004/WEH1F/MADAYOMOV, HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH SUMMARY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT CONCERNING THE ARREST AND DISMANTLEMENT OF A TAJIK-CROSS BORDER TRAFFICKING CELL BY THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR FOR DEFENDANTS: ¶1. MADAYOMOV, HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH: DESCRIBED AS A TAJIKI NATIONAL; DATE OF BIRTH: 1976; RESIDENT OF THE SHAURABADSKIY REGION, JAMOAT SARI-CHASHMA, SECTOR, KAVOK, TAJIKISTAN. MADAYOMOV WAS WANTED BY THE TAJIK AUTHORITIES IN RELATION TO OTHER DRUG CHARGES. ¶2. KODIROV, RAJABALI GADOEVICH: DESCRIBED AS A TAJIKI NATIONAL; DATE OF BIRTH: 12/20/76; RESIDENT OF THE SHURABADSKIY REGION, JAMOAT SARI-CHASHMA, SECTOR KAVOK, TAJIKISTAN ¶3. NOSIROV, JAMSHED NAMOZOVICH: DESCRIBED AS A TAJIKI NATIONAL; DATE OF BIRTH 1984; RESIDENT OF KULYAB CITY, KUHDOMAN, STREET NAME: NAGORNAYA. VIOLATION: VIOLATION OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF TAJIKISTAN: CHAPTER 22 CRIMES AGAINST THE HEALTH POPULATION: ARTICLE 200: ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING OF NARCOTIC SUBSTANCES. JUDICIAL DISTRICT: DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN DATE, TIME AND PLACE: THE ARREST OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED THREE DEFENDANTS TOOK PLACE ON 04/05/09 NEAR A LOCATION IDENTIFIED AS KHAMADONI, TAJIKISTAN. ACTION ON DEFENDANTS: THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEFENDANTS ARE CURRENTLY DETAINED PENDING ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL PROCESSING. WITNESS: OFFICIALS OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) COUNTER-DRUG UNIT. CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE: ON 04/05/09, THE MOI SEIZED EXHIBIT 1, APPROXIMATELY 125.5 KILOGRAMS OF SUSPECTED HASHISH FROM THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED DEFENDANTS LISTED IN THIS CABLE. THE MOI WILL PROCESS AND MAINTAIN CUSTODY OF THE EXHIBITS. DUSHANBE 00000477 002 OF 003 DETAILS: ¶1. (SBU) ON 04/08/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHI FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND 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 INVESTIGATIVE DEVELOPMENTS TARGETING A TAJIK CROSS-BORDER TRAFFICKING CELL BASED SUSPECTED OF OPERATING OUT OF KULYA, TAJIKISTAN, NEAR THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER. ¶2. (SBU) ACCORDING TO COLONEL BUHORIEV, A MOI CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE (CS) HAD ESTABLISHED THAT A TAJIK CROSS-BORDER TRAFFICKING CELL HAD CONTACTED HIM/HER CONCERNING THE SALE OF 124 KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH AND AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF EXPORT QUALITY WHITE HEROIN. (HASHISH PRICES ALONG THE BORDER RANGE BETWEEN $80 TO $100.00 PER KILOGRAM; OPIUM IS APPROXIMATELY $190.00 PER KILOGRAM; EXPORT QUALITY WHITE HEROIN IS APPROXIMATELY $3000.00 PER KILOGRAM.) ¶3. (SBU) DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS THE CS INTRODUCED A MOI UNDERCOVER AGENT TO THE TAJIK TRAFFICKERS. THE MOI INTENDED TO BUY/WALK 20 KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO RE-ORDER AN ADDITIONAL 200 KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH BEFORE ARRESTING THE MEMBERS OF THE CELL GROUP. ¶4. (SBU) ON 04/05/09, A MOI COUNTER-DRUG UNIT, WORKING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COLONEL BUHORIEV INITIATED AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION WHICH WOULD IDENTIFY AND DISMANTLE THE ABOVE MENTIONED TRAFFICKING CELL. A MOI CS WORKING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A MOI UNDERCOVER AGENT (U/C) MET WITH A KEY MEMBER OF THE TRAFFICKING CELL KNOWN AS HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH MADAYOMOV. THE U/C MEETING TOOK PLACE AT A PREARRANGED LOCATION NEAR THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER IDENTIFIED AS KHAMADONI, TAJIKISTAN. (THE MOI HAD AN AGENT ASSIST/ARREST TEAM STATIONED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE U/C LOCATION.) MADAYOMOV SHOWED THE U/C AGENT APPROXIMATELY 60 KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH, STATING HE HAD ADDITIONAL 100 KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH AT ANOTHER LOCATION IF THE U/C WANTED TO MAKE A LARGER PURCHASE. ¶5. (SBU) THE U/C AGENT TOLD MADAYOMOV THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN MAKING A LARGER PURCHASE AND WANTED TO INSPECT THE REMAINING HASHISH CONSIGNMENT. MADAYOMOV TOOK THE U/C AGENT AND THE CS TO A DRUG STORAGE SITE NEAR THE LOCATION OF THE MEETING. UPON ARRIVING AT THE STORAGE LOCATION, THE U/C AGENT MET TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE TRAFFICKING CELL LATER IDENTIFIED AS RAJABAIL GADOEVICH KODIROV AND JAMSHED NAMOZOVICH NOSIROV. THE U/C AGENT INSPECTED APPROXIMATELY 125 KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH AND TOLD MADAYOMOV HE WOULD PURCHASE THE ENTIRE CONSIGNMENT. THE U/C AGENT STATED TO MADAYOMOV THAT HE AND THE CS WOULD RETURN WITHIN THE HOUR WITH THE MONEY TO PURCHASE ALL OF THE HASHISH. ¶6. (SBU) UPON DEPARTING THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATION, THE U/C AGENT CONTACTED THE ARREST TEAM AND PROVIDED THEM WITH THE LOCATION OF THE STORAGE SITE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ARREST TEAM RAIDED THE LOCATION, ARRESTED ALL OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED SUBJECTS AND SEIZED APPROXIMATELY 125.5 KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH. DUSHANBE 00000477 003 OF 003 ¶7. (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. JACOBSON