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