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