XZ-09-0004 / YEH1K / NAWAB, ARSHAD - INTERCEPTED

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ISLAMABAD 002160

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

DEA HQ FOR OC; OGE/MENDOSA, SCHRETTNER, SULLIVAN, ROSPOND;
OT/SHROYER, OTF/BROOKE; NIRE/LEHRER, JACOBS; NTRE/UPP; FOE; SARI;
SOD/HAMLETT, SOILES, EDDINGTON, MILIONE, OEMLER
AMEMBASSY ANKARA FOR RD DESTITO
AMEMBASSY KABUL FOR RD MARSAC
DEA LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION / SA BULLOCK / FIG

E.O. 12958: NA

TAGS: DEAX SNAR TI

SUBJECT: XZ-09-0004 / YEH1K / NAWAB, ARSHAD - INTERCEPTED
CONVERSATIONS OF CELLULAR PHONE NUMBER 92-300-231-7612 UTILIZED BY
ARSHAD NAWAB - POTENTIAL HEROIN TRAFFICKING FROM PAKISTAN TO NORTH
KOREA BY THE NAWAB DTO.

CCX: WP-09-0004 / TSAMBOS, PETER
R1-09-0270 / WARDAK, TARIQ

ACTION REQUEST TO DEA BEIJING CO AND DUBAI CO. (PARAGRAPHS 9 AND
10)



1. (SBU) THE ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
PAKISTAN ANTI-NARCOTICS FORCE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT (ANF/SIU)
HAS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ARSHAD NAWAB POLYDRUG/PRECURSOR
CHEMICAL (HEROIN, HASHISH, ACETIC ANHYDRIDE) TRAFFICKING
ORGANIZATION. IN MARCH 2009, THE MAIN TARGET OF THIS INVESTIGATION,
ARSHAD NAWAB COORDINATED A 20 KILOGRAM HEROIN SHIPMENT TO MELBOURNE,
AUSTRALIA. IN MARCH 2009, THE ICO, WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS AND THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE (AFP) CONDUCTED
AN INTERNATIONAL CONTROLLED DELIVERY (ICD) FROM PAKISTAN TO
AUSTRALIA. THE ICD RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF THREE ORGANIZED CRIME
MEMBERS IN AUSTRALIA. THE INVESTIGATION ALSO IDENTIFIED TARIQ
WARDAK, WHO RESIDES IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AS A POSSIBLE MONEY
REMITTER AND DIRECT MEMBER OF THE NAWAB DTO.


2. (SBU) ICO DEBRIEFINGS OF CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE, CS-85-039697 (CS),
HAVE REVEALED THAT NAWAB CONSISTENTLY PROPOSITIONS THE CS TO ASSIST
WITH THE ILLICIT IMPORTATION OF METRIC TONS OF ACETIC ANHYDRIDE INTO
PAKISTAN. NAWAB ALSO REQUESTED THE CS TO ASSIST IN THE
INTERNATIONAL EXPORTATION OF KILOGRAM QUANTITIES OF AFGHANISTAN
HEROIN AND METRIC TONS OF HASHISH FROM PAKISTAN TO CANADA AND SOUTH
EAST/SOUTH WEST ASIA. THE CS INFORMED AGENTS THAT NAWAB'S
LEGITIMATE BUSINESS CONSISTS OF IMPORTING MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL
PRODUCTS FROM CHINA TO PAKISTAN.


3. (SBU) DURING THE PAST YEAR, THE ICO REQUESTED THAT THE ANF/SIU
MONITOR NAWAB'S CELLULAR TELEPHONE NUMBER (92-300-231-7612) TO
GATHER GREATER INTELLIGENCE INTO THE NAWAB DTO.


4. (SBU) ON AUGUST 24, 2009 THE ANF/SIU PROVIDED THE ICO WITH A
COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF INTERCEPTED PHONE CONVERSATIONS FOR PHONE
NUMBER 92-300-231-7612 DATING FROM JUNE 1, 2009 TO AUGUST 8, 2009.
(AGENT'S NOTE: THE ANF/SIU TRANSLATED LINE SHEETS HAVE BEEN REDACTED
AND ARE MISSING IMPERATIVE INFORMATION RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL
CELLULAR TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND SPECIFIC DRUG RELATED CONVERSATION).



5. (SBU) BASED UPON AN ICO REVIEW OF INTERCEPTED CONVERSATIONS, IT
IS BELIEVED THAT NAWAB HAD PURCHASED CONEX TYPE SHIPPING CONTAINERS
FROM UNKNOWN PERSONS (NO NUMBER LISTED) THAT WILL BE USED FOR
SHIPPING 'FABRIC' TO THE SEAPORT IN NAMPHO, NORTH KOREA. THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS CONVERSATION STEMS FROM A RECENT JOINT
ICO/PAKISTAN CUSTOMS INVESTIGATION (AUGUST 2009) WHICH IDENTIFIED
CONTAINERIZED SHIPMENTS OF FABRICS ORIGINATING FROM KARACHI,
PAKISTAN DESTINED FOR CHINA. EACH CONTAINER WAS LATER IDENTIFIED TO
CONCEAL A SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY OF HEROIN. (AGENT'S NOTE: THE
INVESTIGATION IS NOT RELATED TO THE NAWAB DTO, HOWEVER; IT
ILLUSTRATES A CONCEALMENT METHOD THAT THE NAWAB DTO MAY UTILIZE).


6. (SBU) BASED UPON THIS BACKGROUND INFORMATION RELATED TO THE NAWAB
DTO, THE ICO BELIEVES THAT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE EXISTS TO SUPPORT
THE PROBABILITY THAT NAWAB IS SHIPPING HEROIN CONCEALED IN SHIPPING
CONTAINERS TO ORGANIZATIONAL OR ASSOCIATED CRIMINAL GROUPS BASED IN
NAMPHO, NORTH KOREA. ADDITIONAL WIRE INTERCEPTED CONVERSATIONS
INDICATED THAT NAWAB INFORMED AN UNKNOWN CALLER THAT A SHIPMENT IS
DESTINED FOR "FOB NIMPHO POT NORTH KOREA" (VERBATIM FROM THE LINE
SHEETS). THE ICO INTERPRETED THIS TO MEAN 'FREIGHT ON BOARD NAMPHO
PORT, NORTH KOREA'. (AGENT'S NOTE: THE CS INFORMED AGENTS THAT IF
NAWAB IS PURCHASING SHIPPING CONTAINERS THEN THERE EXISTS A HIGH
PROBABILITY THAT HE (NAWAB) IS USING THEM TO SUPPORT HIS HEROIN
TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY).


7. (SBU) THE WIRE INTERCEPTS HAVE ALSO IDENTIFIED OTHER PERTINENT
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN NAWAB AND HIS ASSOCIATE IDENTIFIED ONLY AS

ISLAMABAD 00002160 002 OF 002


YOUNAS. INTERCEPTED CONVERSATIONS INDICATED THAT YOUNAS USES
TELEPHONE NUMBER, 861-348-650-0333. ADDITIONAL WIRE INTERCEPTS
FURTHER IDENTIFIED A CONVERSATION BETWEEN NAWAB AND HIS ASSOCIATE
KNOWN ONLY AS MUHAMMAD JAN, WHO USES THE FOLLOWING UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES (UAE) PHONE NUMBER: 971-50-452-2615.


8. (SBU) NAWAB ALSO CONFERRED WITH UNKNOWN PERSONS (NO NUMBER
LISTED) ABOUT HAWALADARS GHAZI DIN AND HAJI AMIN, CONCERNING THE
ARRANGEMENT OF 30 LAC PAKISTAN RUPEES ($36,585.00 US).

ACTION REQUEST


9. (SBU) THE ICO REQUESTS THAT THE BEIJING COUNTRY OFFICE OBTAIN
TOLL AND SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION ON CHINESE TELEPHONE NUMBER,
861-348-650-0333 FOR THE TIME PERIOD JUNE 1, 2009 TO AUGUST 31,

2009. ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE CONDUCT ALL CRIMINAL CHECKS ON THE
NUMBER AND INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NUMBER.


10. (SBU) THE ICO REQUESTS THAT THE DUBAI COUNTRY OFFICE OBTAIN TOLL
AND SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION ON UAE PHONE NUMBER, 971-50-452-2615 FOR
THE TIME PERIOD JUNE 1, 2009 TO AUGUST 31, 2009. ADDITIONALLY,
PLEASE CONDUCT ALL CRIMINAL CHECKS ON THE NUMBER AND INDIVIDUALS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NUMBER.


11. (U) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEA AGENTS MANUAL SECTION 6242.11,
THIS TELETYPE WAS PREPARED IN LIEU OF A DEA-6, REPORT OF
INVESTIGATION.


12. (U) PLEASE DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS CABLE TO SA JOSEPH M. LABENBURG OR ACTING COUNTRY
ATTACH MICHAEL W. BROWN AT PHONE NUMBER 011-92-51-208-2747.

INDEXING


1. NAWAB, ARSHAD - NADDIS 6950391
- POSSIBLY SHIPPING CONTAINERS WITH SUSPECTED
HEROIN FROM PAKISTAN TO THE NAMPHO, NORTH KOREA
SEAPORT.


2. WARDAK, TARIQ - NADDIS 6970360


3. DIN, GHAZI - NADDIS INCONCLUSIVE
- HAWALADAR MENTIONED IN AN INTERCEPTED PHONE
CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARSHAD NAWAB AND
UNKNOWN CALLER


4. AMIN, HAJI - NADDIS NEGATIVE
- HAWALADAR MENTIONED IN AN INTERCEPTED PHONE
CONVERSATION BETWEEN ARSHAD NAWAB AND
UNKNOWN CALLER


5. JAN, MUHAMMAD - NADDIS INCONCLUSIVE
- UTILIZED PHONE NUMBER 971-504522615 TO CONTACT
ARSHAD NAWAB


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