REQUESTING PTO FUNDING FROM OGL TO ASSIST IN FUNDING

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 PORT OF SPAIN 000007 DEAX SENSITIVE SIPDIS NOFORN E.O. 12958: DECL: 2010/02/11 TAGS: DEA SNAR TD SUBJECT: REQUESTING PTO FUNDING FROM OGL TO ASSIST IN FUNDING TRAVELING EXPENSES FOR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SEELAL PERSAUD OF THE GUYANA POLICE FORCE AND DIRECTOR JAMES SINGH TO ATTEND 16TH PRE-IDEC REF: K9-07-0001/YEC1K, RODRIGUES, RICARDO C1-07-0080/YVC1K,RODRIGUES, RICARDO; CS-02-108954 02-03-2010 TELECOMMUNICATION BETWEEN CA JOSEPH AND SC KELLY REGARDING PTO FUNDING REQUEST. CLASSIFIED BY: kusnitz, len, cda; REASON: 1.4(C) Sensitive NOFORN Confidential for Transmission Only DEA PASS TO OGL: SECTION CHIEF HOLEN, DEPUTY SECTION CHIEF FRANCO, SC KELLY, SC GONZALEZ, DEA CARIBBEAN DIVISION: SAC PENA, ASAC SHEPHERD Details: ¶1. During 2007, the Port of Spain Country Office (POSCO) initiated a Priority Target, CPOT linked investigation into the Bramhanand NANDALALL Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO). The POSCO imitated this Priority Target, CPOT linked investigation with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Guyana Customs Anti-Narcotics (CANU) and the POSCO has continued to work with the GPF and CANU throughout the course of this investigation. ¶2. During the course of this investigation, the POSCO, the GPF and CANU have developed several high level confidential sources (CS) and sources of information (SOI) who have direct ties to the Bramhanand NANDALALL DTO, who have been providing intelligence information regarding the Bramhanand NANDALALL DTO. During numerous debriefing with several sources, the POSCO, the GPF and CANU have discovered that since the arrest of former Bramhanand NANDALALL DTO leader Shaheed "Roger" KHAN (NADDIS# 4516000),the Bramhanand NANDALALL DTO has divided into four major DTO's. ¶3. The four major DTO's are: The Clayton HUTSON DTO, which is currently lead by consolidated priority organization target (CPOT) Clayton HUTSON (NADDIS# 4539174),the Bramhanand NANDALALL DTO, which is currently lead by Ricardo "Fat man" RODRIGUES (NADDIS#6299946),the Paul DABY DTO, which is currently lead by Paul "Uncle Paul" DABY (NADDIS# 4631263) and the Salim AZEEZ DTO, which is currently lead by Salim AZEEZ (NADDIS# 5669946). The POSCO, the GPF and CANU have also confirmed that these DTO's are Guyanese based DTO's that receive cocaine directly from Colombia via Venezuela. These DTO's are responsible for shipping multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine to the US, Canada and Europe via commercial airlines and merchant vessels. ¶4. With the assistance of the GPF and CANU, the POSCO has not only been able to identify the four major DTO's operating in Guyana, South America, but the POSCO also has been able to identify the four DTO's organizational structure. Over the past three years, the POSCO has coordinated the arrests of numerous DTO members and the seizure of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from the four DTO's. ¶5. The GPF and CANU have also been instrumental in conducting surveillance on members of the four major DTO's, specifically during the months of August/September 2009. During the months of August/September 2009, the GPF and CANU assisted the POSCO in identifying and photographing several properties and businesses owned by HUTSON and members of the Clayton HUTSON DTO. The GPF and CANU also assisted the POSCO in developing new SOI's who are former members of the Clayton HUTSON DTO. PORT OF SP 00000007 002 OF 003 ¶6. Also during the months of August/September 2009, the GPF and CANU assisted the POSCO and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with conducting surveillance on members of the Paul DABY DTO. During the months of August/September 2009, members of the Paul DABY DTO approached an ICE's CS and indicated that they were looking for transportation for approximately 1000 kilograms of cocaine from Georgetown, Guyana, South America to Norfolk, Virginia. ¶7. The POSCO, the GPF and CANU are aware of that these four major DTO's are sending kilogram quantities of cocaine throughout the Caribbean and based on the extensive amount of work the GPF and CANU have done on this PTO, CPOT linked investigation, the POSCO believed that it would be beneficial to the US, Guyana, the GPF, CANU, members of the 16 th Annual Pre-IDEC and participants in the PRE-IDEC Caribbean Working Group C to discuss the four major DTO's as well as other Narcotics Traffickers operating throughout the Caribbean Region. Action Request: ¶1. The POSCO has selected Seelal Persaud of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and James Singh of the Guyana Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) to attend the 16 th Annual PRE-IDEC/Drug Commander's Conference and participate in the PRE-IDEC Caribbean Working Group C to discuss the four major DTO's as well as other Narcotics Traffickers operating throughout the Caribbean. ¶2. The POSCO has identified that the coast of Hotel/Per Diem for the five days for Persaud and Singh would coast approximately: $3,242.00. the POSCO is requesting funding assistance from the Office of Global Enforcement (OGL) through the utilization of PTO Funding to assist the POSCO in paying the Hotel/Per Diem for Persaud and Singh. ¶3. This cable is submitted in lieu of a DEA-6 Pursuant to Section 6242.11 of the DEA Agent's Manual. ¶4. Please direct all inquires concerning the above information to Country AttachC) Dave Joseph or SA Kimojha Brooks at 868-628-8136 or 301-985-9424. INDEXING: ¶1. KHAN, Shaheed - NADDIS# 451600 ¶2. HUTSON, Clayton - NADDIS# 4539174 ¶3. RODRIGUES, Ricardo - NADDIS# 6299946 ¶4. DABY, Paul - NADDIS# 4631263 PORT OF SP 00000007 003 OF 003 ¶5. AZEEZ, Salim - NADDIS# 5669946 Declassified upon receipt Kusnitz