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

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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)

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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.

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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

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5. AZEEZ, Salim - NADDIS# 5669946







Declassified upon receipt
Kusnitz