UI-09-0003/WEH1F/SAROV, NOSIR/TELEPHONE TOLL INFORMATION

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DUSHANBE 000488

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/MCMANAMON/YASEVICH/KHAN/OEA/SHROYER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: DEAX SNAR TI
SUBJECT: UI-09-0003/WEH1F/SAROV, NOSIR/TELEPHONE TOLL INFORMATION
RELATED THE SAROV DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION

DEA ACTION REQUEST FOR DEA SOD IN PARAGRAPH 5
DEA ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEA KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE IN PARAGRAPH

CXX:

SOD OPERATION TAJIK EXPRESS


1. (SBU) ON 04/21/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA
DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL
AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE COUNTER NARCOTICS
UNIT CHIEF OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MOI) OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. (THE DCO HAS
REFERED TO THE MOI IN PREVIOUS CABLES AS THE MINISTRY OF
INTERIOR; A MORE ACCURATE TRANSLATION OF THE RUSSIAN TERM IS THE
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MOI)). THE MEETING WAS HELD IN
ORDER TO REVIEW NEW TOLL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY OF THE NOSIR SAROV DRUG
TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO).


2. (SBU) COL. BUHORIEV PROVIDED THE DCO WILL TELEPHONE TOLL
RECORDS FOR TAJIK CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (90) 790-3333. THE MOI
HAS IDENTIFIED THE SUBSCRIBER AS YULIYA VLADIMIROVNA ALEKSEEVA;
THE MOI BELIEVE THAT ALEKSEEVA IS A FEMALE RUSSIAN WHO RESIDES
IN DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN. THE MOI DOES NOT CONSIDER ALEKSEEVA TO
BE THE USER OF THE CELLULAR NUMBER. THE DCO HAS ESTABLISHED THAT
THIS NUMBER IS POSSIBLY CONNECTED TO SAROV DTO TRAFFICKING
ASSOCIATES BASED PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, RUSSIA
AND AFGHANISTAN. THIS NUMBER WAS ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED BY THE
DCO FROM TOLL RECORDS ACQUIRED BY THE MOI FROM TAJIK CELLULAR
TELEPHONE NUMBER [992] (95) 173-9220. ACCORDING TO A MOI
CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE (CS),THIS CELLULAR NUMBER MAY BE USED BY A
HIGH RANKING SAROV DTO ASSOCIATE IDENTIFIED AS THE "DOCTOR". THE
CS ALSO REPORTED THAT SAROV MAY USES CELLULAR PHONE NUMBER
[93](79) 4245620.


3. (SBU) THE MOI PROVIDED THE DCO WITH THE FOLLOWING TOLL DATA
FOR CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (90) 790-3333 BEGINNING ON 03/15/09
THROUGH 04/17/09:

AFGHANISTAN:

93-794245620 (MOI HAS LINKED THIS NUMBER TO SAROV)
93-788431633
93-788285646
93-786444539
93-795751007

RUSSIA

79-269347766 (THIS NUMBER WAS CALLED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING THE
REQUESTED TOLL PERIOD.)

INDIA

918735757 (POSSIBLE MISDIALED INDIAN NUMBER.)

MISDIALED UNKNOWN INTERNATIONAL NUMBERS

393335363830373131
557665646 (THIS NUMBER WAS MISDIALED NUMEROUS TIMES.)
8109379269347766

TAJIKISTAN:

992-37-2500351
992-91-9629805
992-91-8906767 (THIS NUMBER WAS CONTACTED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING
THE REQUESTED TOLL PERIOD.)
992-91-9246848
992-91-9982204
992-91-9551621
992-91-9006949
992-90-7369555
992-91-9629805
992-91-9246848
992-90-7331265
992-90-7705695
992-91-8735757
992-91-9800598
992-91-8744054

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992-91-9628273
992-95-1424877 (THIS NUMBER REPRESENTS ALMOST HALF OF THE PHONE
CONTACTS ON THE TOLL REPORT. THIS NUMBER WAS ALSO IN CONTACT
WITH SAROV'S POSSIBLE NUMBER IN AFGHANISTAN: 93-794245620.)
992-91-8274497
992-90-7911717
992-91-7012750
992-91-7015213
992-95-1739220
992-91-8906767
992-91-8363616


4. (SBU) ACCORDING TO THE COL., THE MOI IS IN THE PROCESS OF
PREPARING AN AFFIDAVIT WHICH WILL BE USED TO REQUEST
AUTHORIZATION FROM THE TAJIK GENERAL PROSECUTOR FOR MOI TO
INITIATE A WIRE INTERCEPT ON CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (90)
790-3333. THE COL. HAS STATED THAT THE MOI CAN CONDUCT
STATE-AUTHORIZED WIRE INTERCEPT INVESTIGATIONS BUT THEY DO NOT
HAVE TO DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION WHICH WAS USED TO INITIATE THE
INTERCEPT OPERATION. IF THE MOI IS SUCCESSFUL IN ACQUIRING
AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT THE INTERCEPT, THE DCO WILL REQUEST
AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MOI TO INSPECT THEIR INTERCEPT EQUIPMENT.
THE MOI HAS STATED THAT THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO INTERCEPT
CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS; THE DCO HAS YET TO CONFIRM THIS FACT.

ACTION REQUEST FOR DEA SOD


5. (SBU) THE DCO REQUESTS THAT SOD CROSS-CHECK ALL OF THE PHONE
NUMBERS PROVIDED IN THIS CABLE AGAINST THE SOD DATABASE AND
IDENTIFY ANY PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. IN THE EVENT THE MOI CAN INITIATE THE
PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WIRE INTERCEPT TARGETING TAJIK CELLULAR
NUMBER, [992] (90) 790-3333, THE DCO REQUESTS SOD TO ASSIST IN
DEVELOPING A REGIONAL WIRE INTERCEPT OPERATION. THE OPERATION
WOULD LINK TOGETHER INVESTIGATIONS IN DUBAI, UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES, RUSSIA AND POSSIBLY BELGIUM, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PRIMARY TIER ONE NUMBER LOCATED IN AFGHANISTAN
(992-95-1739220).


6. (SBU) THE DCO REQUESTS THAT THE DEA KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE
CROSS-CHECK ALL OF THE AFGHAN PHONE NUMBERS AGAINST THEIR DATA
BASE AND IDENTIFY ANY PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CONNECTIONS TO
EXISTING TRAFFICKING ELEMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN.


7. (SBU) 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
ATTACHE MICHAEL W. BROWN AT [992] (37) 229-2807.

INDEXING SECTION:


1. SAROV, NOSIR NADDIS: INCONCLUSIVE: DESCRIBED AN
AFGHAN NATIONAL WHO RESIDES IN AFGHANISTAN NEAR THE TAJIK-AFGHAN
BORDER. ACCORDING TO A TAJIKISTAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI)
CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE (CS),SAROV IS THE HEAD OF A SIGNIFICANT
HEROIN, OPIUM, AND HASHISH DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO)
BASED IN AFGHANISTAN NEAR THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER. SOURCE
INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THE SAROV DTO COORDINATES ITS
TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY THROUGH A TAJIK BROKER KNOWN ONLY AS THE
"DOCTOR." SOURCE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE DOCTOR RESIDES
IN TAJIKISTAN AND USES TAJIK CELLULAR PHONE NUMBER,
992-95-173-9220 TO COORDINATE TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY WITH SAROV IN
AFGHANISTAN.


2. ALEKSEEVA, YULIYA VLADIMIROVNA NADDIS: NEGATIVE;
DESCRIBED AS A RUSSIAN FEMALE WHO RESIDES IN DUSHANBE,
TAJIKISTAN. THE TAJIKISTAN MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS HAS
IDENTIFIED ALEKSEEVA AS THE SUBSCRIBER FOR TAJIK CELLULAR NUMBER
[992] (90) 790-3333. THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN LINKED TO CURRENT DEA
INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS.
JACOBSON