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C O N F I D E N T I A L PORT OF SPAIN 000809 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR, INL/LP 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/06/2016 
TAGS: PREL SNAR KCRM TD
SUBJECT: EXTRAORDINARY COOPERATION FROM T&T ON MOVING 
NARCOTRAFFICKER TO THE U.S. 
 
REF: A. PORT OF SPAIN 00800 
 
     ¶B. PARAMARIBO 00411 
 
Classified By: CDA, Eugene P. Sweeney for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
¶1.  (C) On June 29, Suriname expelled Guyanese national Roger 
Shaheed Khan from prison.  Suriname arrested Khan for drug 
and weapons charges, but determined to expel him from the 
country after determining that he was in the country 
illegally and that their case against him was "insufficient." 
 Through negotiations and close coordination among the U.S., 
Guyana, Suriname and T&T, Khan was routed through T&T, where 
T&T immigration officially determined that he did not have 
appropriate documentation to enter the country, even to 
transit to Guyana.  U.S. DEA officials were waiting to 
execute an international arrest warrant to bring Khan to New 
York on drug trafficking charges.  Guyana offered no 
objection to this course of action, which permitted the 
parties involved to go forward. 
 
¶2.  (C) COMMENT:  The DEA office and the rest of Embassy Port 
of Spain's Country Team would like to acknowledge the 
unprecedented cooperation from the GOTT in bringing Khan, a 
major narcotics trafficker, to stand trial in the U.S.  The 
Attorney General's office cut through much bureaucratic red 
tape to assist in Khan's arrest and extradition to the United 
States.  T&T's actions illustrate its willingness to 
cooperate on reducing drug trafficking in the region, which 
is to both of our advantages.  Post would like to 
appropriately recognize this cooperation, perhaps with a 
letter and/or phone call from President Bush to Prime 
Minister Manning as well as a phone call and/or letter from 
Attorney General Gonzales to Attorney General of T&T, John 
Jeremie.  END COMMENT. 
 
SWEENEY