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

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DUSHANBE 000669 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/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, TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR TOLL AND SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DTO. REF: DEA DUSHANBE CO CABLE NUMBER 00602 R 210448Z MAY09 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/OSE/SHROYER/D EA, KABUL PASS TO ARD WEIS ACTION REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING DEA COUNTRY OFFICES: NEW DELHI CO AND, KABUL CO, IN PARAGRAPH 5. CXX: SOD/OPERATION TAJIK EXPRESS ¶1. (SBU) ON 05/29/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD) COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO TELEPHONE TOLL AND SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ONGOING WIRE-INTERCEPT OPERATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION DTO. THE WIRE-INTERCEPT IS TARGETING CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (91) 962-9805; ACCORDING TO MVD CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE INFORMATION, THIS NUMBER IS BEING USED BY BOS MOHAMMED. MOHAMMED HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A KEY TRAFFICKING ASSOCIATE FOR THE SARAF DTO. ¶2. (SBU) THE MVD PROVIDED THE DCO WITH THE FOLLOWING APRIL 2009 SUBSCRIBER AND TOLL DATA FOR MOHAMMED'S CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (91) 962-9805: NAME: JAMSHED HALIMOV DOB: 13 FEB. 1971 PASSPORT NUMBER: A4194896 DATE OF ISSUE: 15 OCT 2006 ¶3. (SBU) ON 05/29/09, THE DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF IN-COUNTRY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE USER OF THE TARGET NUMBER [992] (91) 962-9805 AND TAJIK-BASED ASSOCIATES, DIRECTLY SUBMITTED ALL OF THE TOLL DATA TO DEA/SOD FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS. THE DCO IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL NUMBERS WHICH WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE TARGET NUMBER: AFGHANISTAN: 93-799206661 93-786708041 93-797808060 93-788285646 93-788668199 93-788374740 93-799002288 93-788285646 93-799002288 93-772949889 DUSHANBE 00000669 002 OF 002 93-788579234 930799002250 INDIA: 91-9911381330 ¶4. (SBU) REF: A) THE COL. STATED THE INTERCEPT INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND AUTHORIZED CONTINUATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR MONTHS. THE COL. REPORTED THAT TAJIK STATE SECURITY (KNB) IS ACTUALLY CONDUCTING THE INTERCEPT MONITORING OF THE TARGET LINE AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE MVD WITH THE INTERCEPT CD'S AT THE END OF EACH WEEK. ACCORDING TO THE COL., KNB HAS NOT TRANSFERRED CUSTODY OF THE TWO REMAINING INTERCEPT CD'S FOR THE END OF MAY 2009. THE COL. IS ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE THE TRANSFER OF EVIDENCE ISSUE THROUGH THE DEPUTY MINISTER FOR THE MVD. THE DCO IS ATTEMPTING TO ARRANGE A MEETING BETWEEN KNB AND THE MVD IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ACTION REQUEST ¶5. (SBU) THE DCO REQUESTS THAT DEA KABUL AND NEW DELHI CO OBTAIN SUBSCRIBER AND TOLL DATA FOR THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TELEPHONES NUMBER WHICH ARE LISTED IN THEIR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. THE DCO ALSO REQUESTS THAT DEA SOD CONDUCT ALL CRIMINAL AND INTELLIGENCE QUERIES TO DETERMINE IF THE TOLL DATA REPORTED IN THIS CABLE IS LINKED TO ANY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS OR FURTHER IDENTIFIES SARAF DTO ASSOCIATIONS. ¶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, NOSIR NADDIS: 6479196 ¶2. MOHAMMED, BOZ NADDIS: PENDING; PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED. ¶3. HALIMOV, JAMSHED NADDIS: NEGATIVE; DESCRIBED AS A TAJIK NATIONAL WHO RESIDES IN DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN. TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) HAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH SUBSCRIBER AND TOLL INFORMATION THAT TAJIK CELLULAR PHONE NUMBER [992] (91) 962-9805 IS REGISTERED TO HALIMOV. THE DUSHANBE CO INVESTIGATION HAS IDENTIFIED THAT BOS MOHAMMED USES THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED CELLULAR NUMBER TO CONDUCT TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY ON BEHALF OF THE NOSIR SARAF TRAFFICKING DTO. THE MOI PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING IDENTIFIERS FOR HALIMOV: DOB: 13 FEB. 1971; TAJIK PP NUMBER: A4194896; DATE OF ISSUE: 15 OCT 2006. JACOBSON