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

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DUSHANBE 000668 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEA HQ PASS TO OC/NEWTON-BELL, OE/TRAPP, A/OC/HARRIGAN, OCX/WILLIAMS, OEX/MASUMOTO, OGE/BARNS/ ROSPOND, 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/OS E/SHROYER/DEA, 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: DEA DUSHANBE CABLE #0602/R 210448Z MAY 09 ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEA KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE IN PARAGRAPH 5 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 INTERCEPT OPERATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION/UI-09-0003/YEHIK (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 BOZ 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, WHO ASSISTS IN 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 BEFORE RETURNING THE ORIGINAL THAT SAME DAY. THE CD CONTAINED 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 TAJIKI, AS WELL AS IN AN UNKNOWN AFGHAN DIALECT. THE COL. WILL PROVIDE THE DCO WITH A TRANSCRIPTION OF THE ALL THE TELEPHONE CALLS ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE USER OF [992] (91) 962-9805 WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE FOLLOWING TAJIK AND AFGHAN NUMBERS: [992] (91) 7044103 [992] (90) 7100002 [992] (91) 7051140 [992] (91) 9006949 REF:A) SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFIED AS NAIM NOSIR SAID. [992] (91) 9807616 [992] (90) 7100002 [992] (37) 7000661 [93] 78670841 (THE DCO WINDOWS MEDIA WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THIS FILE. A COPY OF THE FILE WAS SENT TO SOD FOR FURTHER REVIEW.) ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEA KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE ¶5. (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 00000668 002 OF 002 CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE SECTION: ¶6. (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) RETURNED THE ORIGINAL TO THE COLONEL 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 TAJIKI, AS WELL AS AN UNKNOWN AFGHAN DIALECT. A/CA BROWN WILL MAINTAIN CUSTODY OF THE EXHIBIT UNTIL IT CAN BE TURNED OVER TO S/A WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON FOR EVIDENCE POSSESSING. ¶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. SARAF, HAJI NASIR NADDIS: 6479196; ¶2. MOHAMMED, BOZ AKA AHMED: NADDIS: PENDING; PREVIOUSLY ¶3. SAID, NAIM NOSIR NADDIS: PENDING; PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED. JACOBSON