UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR SARAF/TAJIK MINISTRY OF

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DUSHANBE 000628 SENSITIVE SIPDIS NIWF/MANZI, SOD/OSE/MCMANAMON/YASEVICH/KHAN/OSE/SHROYER/D EA KABUL PASS TO ARD WEIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: DEAX SNAR TI SUBJECT: UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR SARAF/TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR PROVIDES THE DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE WITH THE FIRST AUDIO RECORDINGS (EXHIBIT N-1) RELATED TO THE HAJI NASIR SARAF WIRE REF: A) DEA DUSHANBE CABLE #0602/R 210448Z MAY 09 ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEA KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE IN PARAGRAPH 4 CXX: SOD/OPERATION TAJIK EXPRESS ¶1. (SBU) ON 05/20/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD),COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO THE JOINT DEA/MVD INTERCEPT INVESTIGATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO). ¶2. (SBU) ON 05/20/09, COL. BUHORIEV OBTAINED THE FIRST AUDIO RECORDING CD CONTAINING INTERCEPT COMMUNICATION FROM TARGET LINE, [992] (91) 962-9805. THE INVESTIGATION HAS ESTABLISHED THAT BOS MOHAMMED IS THE PROBABLE USER OF THE CELLULAR PHONE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NUMBER. THE MVD HAS ESTABLISHED THAT MOHAMMED IS A KEY BROKER FOR THE SARAF DTO; MOHAMMED RESIDES IN DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN WHERE HE, ACCORDING TO AN MVD CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE, COORDINATES THE IMPORTATION AND RE-DISTRIBUTION OF HEROIN FROM AFGHANISTAN TO DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN. ¶3. (SBU) COL. BUHORIEV PROVIDED THE ORIGINAL CD TO A/CA BROWN WHO MADE ONE COPY (EXHIBIT N-1) BEFORE RETURNING THE ORIGINAL THAT DAY. EXHIBIT N-1 CONTAINS 20 RECORDED CELLULAR TELEPHONE CALLS MADE BETWEEN 05/10/2009 AND 05/13/2009. ALL OF THE RECORDINGS WERE COMPOSED OF UNKNOWN MALE INDIVIDUALS CONVERSING IN TAJIK AND A UNKNOWN AFGHAN DIALECT. ACCORDING TO THE COL. SOME OF THE RECORDED CALLS CONTAINED SOME BASIC REFERENCES TO DRUG TRAFFICKING. THE COL. WILL PROVIDE THE DCO WITH A TRANSCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT N-1 ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE USER OF THE INTERCEPT TARGET NUMBER, [992] (91) 962-9805 WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE FOLLOWING AFGHAN AND TAJIK NUMBERS: [93] 78670841 (THE DCO WINDOWS MEDIA WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THIS FILE. A COPY OF THE FILE HAS BEEN SENT TO SOD AND THE KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE FOR FURTHER REVIEW.) [992] (91) 7044103 [992] (90) 7100002 [992] (91) 7051140 [992] (91) 9006949 REFS: A) SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFIED AS NAIM NOSIR SAID. [992] (91) 9807616 [992] (90) 7100002 [992] (37) 7000661 ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEA KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE ¶4. (SBU) THE DCO REQUESTS THAT THE KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE OBTAIN SUBSCRIBER AND TOLL INFORMATION FOR AFGHAN CELLULAR TELEPHONE, [93]78670841 IN ADDITION, TO CONDUCTING ALL INFORMATION CROSS-CHECKS WITH EXISTING CRIMINAL AND INTELLIGENCE DATA BASES FOR POSSIBLE LINKS TO THE SARAF DTO. DUSHANBE 00000628 002 OF 002 CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE SECTION: EXHIBIT N-1 ¶5. (SBU) ON 05/20/09, COL. BUHORIEV OF THE MVD PROVIDED A/CA BROWN WITH THE ORIGINAL CD CONTAINING AUDIO RECORDINGS OF AN MVD AUTHORIZED WIRE INTERCEPT ON TAJIK CELLULAR NUMBER, [992] (91) 962-9805. ON 05/20/09, A/AC BROWN MADE A COPY OF THE CD, EXHIBIT N-1, AND RETURNED THE ORIGINAL TO THE COL. THAT SAME DAY. EXHIBIT N-1 CONTAINS 20 RECORDED CELLULAR TELEPHONE CALLS MADE BETWEEN 05/10/2009 AND 05/13/2009. ALL OF THE RECORDINGS WERE COMPOSED OF UNKNOWN MALE INDIVIDUALS CONVERSING IN TAJIK AND A UNKNOWN AFGHAN DIALECT. A/CA BROWN WILL MAINTAIN CUSTODY OF THE EXHIBIT UNTIL IT CAN BE TURNED OVER TO THE DCO NON-DRUG EVIDENCE CUSTODIAN, S/A WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON FOR EVIDENCE PROCESSING. ¶6. (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. SARAF, HAJI NASIR NADDIS: 6479196; ¶2. MOHAMMED, BOS AKA AHMED: NADDIS: PENDING; PREVIOUSLY ¶3. SAID, NAIM NOSIR NADDIS: PENDING; PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED. JACOBSON