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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 DUSHANBE 000477 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEA HQ PASS TO: OC/NEWTON-BELL, OE/TRAPP, A/OC/HARRIGAN 
OCX/WILLIAMS, OEX/MASUMOTO, A/OGE/SCHRETTNER, OGA/RYAN, 
OGPA/STATEN, OEE/MONACO, NTRE/UPP, NIRE/LEHRER 
NI/BORDER, NTRE/UPP/KREGOR, FOE/HAFF, 
NIWF/MANZI, SOD/OSE/LENARTOWICZ/QUINN 
GAITHER/EDAHL/JASSO 
OSOC/HAMLET/MILIONE/JASSO/OEMLER/ 
EDDINGTON/DIEDERICH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: DEAX SNAR TI
SUBJECT: UI-09-0004/WEH1F/MADAYOMOV, HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH SUMMARY 
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT CONCERNING THE ARREST AND DISMANTLEMENT OF A 
TAJIK-CROSS BORDER TRAFFICKING CELL BY THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR FOR 
 
DEFENDANTS: 
 
 
 
¶1.  MADAYOMOV, HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH: DESCRIBED AS A TAJIKI 
NATIONAL; DATE OF BIRTH: 1976; RESIDENT OF THE SHAURABADSKIY 
REGION, JAMOAT SARI-CHASHMA, SECTOR, KAVOK, TAJIKISTAN. 
MADAYOMOV WAS WANTED BY THE TAJIK AUTHORITIES IN RELATION TO 
OTHER DRUG CHARGES. 
 
 
 
¶2. KODIROV, RAJABALI GADOEVICH: DESCRIBED AS A TAJIKI NATIONAL; 
DATE OF BIRTH: 12/20/76; RESIDENT OF THE SHURABADSKIY REGION, 
JAMOAT SARI-CHASHMA, SECTOR KAVOK, TAJIKISTAN 
 
 
 
¶3. NOSIROV, JAMSHED NAMOZOVICH: DESCRIBED AS A TAJIKI NATIONAL; 
DATE OF BIRTH 1984; RESIDENT OF KULYAB CITY, KUHDOMAN, STREET 
NAME: NAGORNAYA. 
 
 
 
VIOLATION: 
 
 
 
VIOLATION OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF TAJIKISTAN: CHAPTER 22 CRIMES 
AGAINST THE HEALTH POPULATION: ARTICLE 200: ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING 
OF NARCOTIC SUBSTANCES. 
 
 
 
JUDICIAL DISTRICT: 
 
 
 
DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN 
 
 
 
DATE, TIME AND PLACE: 
 
 
 
THE ARREST OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED THREE DEFENDANTS TOOK PLACE ON 
04/05/09 NEAR A LOCATION IDENTIFIED AS KHAMADONI, TAJIKISTAN. 
 
 
 
ACTION ON DEFENDANTS: 
 
 
 
THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEFENDANTS ARE CURRENTLY DETAINED PENDING 
ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL PROCESSING. 
 
 
 
WITNESS: 
 
 
 
OFFICIALS OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) COUNTER-DRUG UNIT. 
 
 
 
CUSTODY OF EVIDENCE: 
 
 
 
ON 04/05/09, THE MOI SEIZED EXHIBIT 1, APPROXIMATELY 125.5 
KILOGRAMS OF SUSPECTED HASHISH FROM THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED 
DEFENDANTS LISTED IN THIS CABLE. THE MOI WILL PROCESS AND 
MAINTAIN CUSTODY OF THE EXHIBITS. 
 
DUSHANBE 00000477  002 OF 003 
 
 
 
 
 
DETAILS: 
 
 
 
¶1. (SBU) ON 04/08/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHI FOR THE DEA 
DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO), MICHAEL W. BROWN AND S/A WILLIAM 
¶T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FOR THE 
REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. THE MEETING WAS 
HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE INVESTIGATIVE DEVELOPMENTS TARGETING 
A TAJIK CROSS-BORDER TRAFFICKING CELL BASED SUSPECTED OF 
OPERATING OUT OF KULYA, TAJIKISTAN, NEAR THE TAJIK-AFGHAN 
BORDER. 
 
 
 
¶2. (SBU) ACCORDING TO COLONEL BUHORIEV, A MOI CONFIDENTIAL 
SOURCE (CS) HAD ESTABLISHED THAT A TAJIK CROSS-BORDER 
TRAFFICKING CELL HAD CONTACTED HIM/HER CONCERNING THE SALE OF 
124 KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH AND AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF EXPORT QUALITY 
WHITE HEROIN. (HASHISH PRICES ALONG THE BORDER RANGE BETWEEN $80 
TO $100.00 PER KILOGRAM; OPIUM IS APPROXIMATELY $190.00 PER 
KILOGRAM; EXPORT QUALITY WHITE HEROIN IS APPROXIMATELY $3000.00 
PER KILOGRAM.) 
 
 
 
¶3. (SBU) DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS THE CS INTRODUCED A MOI 
UNDERCOVER AGENT TO THE TAJIK TRAFFICKERS. THE MOI INTENDED TO 
BUY/WALK 20 KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO 
RE-ORDER AN ADDITIONAL 200 KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH BEFORE ARRESTING 
THE MEMBERS OF THE CELL GROUP. 
 
 
 
¶4. (SBU) ON 04/05/09, A MOI COUNTER-DRUG UNIT, WORKING UNDER THE 
DIRECTION OF COLONEL BUHORIEV INITIATED AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION 
WHICH WOULD IDENTIFY AND DISMANTLE THE ABOVE MENTIONED 
TRAFFICKING CELL. A MOI CS WORKING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A MOI 
UNDERCOVER AGENT (U/C) MET WITH A KEY MEMBER OF THE TRAFFICKING 
CELL KNOWN AS HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH MADAYOMOV. THE U/C MEETING 
TOOK PLACE AT A PREARRANGED LOCATION NEAR THE TAJIK-AFGHAN 
BORDER IDENTIFIED AS KHAMADONI, TAJIKISTAN. (THE MOI HAD AN 
AGENT ASSIST/ARREST TEAM STATIONED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE U/C 
LOCATION.) MADAYOMOV SHOWED THE U/C AGENT APPROXIMATELY 60 
KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH, STATING HE HAD ADDITIONAL 100 KILOGRAMS OF 
HASHISH AT ANOTHER LOCATION IF THE U/C WANTED TO MAKE A LARGER 
PURCHASE. 
 
 
 
¶5. (SBU) THE U/C AGENT TOLD MADAYOMOV THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN 
MAKING A LARGER PURCHASE AND WANTED TO INSPECT THE REMAINING 
HASHISH CONSIGNMENT. MADAYOMOV TOOK THE U/C AGENT AND THE CS TO 
A DRUG STORAGE SITE NEAR THE LOCATION OF THE MEETING. UPON 
ARRIVING AT THE STORAGE LOCATION, THE U/C AGENT MET TWO 
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE TRAFFICKING CELL LATER IDENTIFIED AS 
RAJABAIL GADOEVICH KODIROV AND JAMSHED NAMOZOVICH NOSIROV. THE 
U/C AGENT INSPECTED APPROXIMATELY 125 KILOGRAMS OF HASHISH AND 
TOLD MADAYOMOV HE WOULD PURCHASE THE ENTIRE CONSIGNMENT. THE U/C 
AGENT STATED TO MADAYOMOV THAT HE AND THE CS WOULD RETURN WITHIN 
THE HOUR WITH THE MONEY TO PURCHASE ALL OF THE HASHISH. 
 
 
 
¶6. (SBU) UPON DEPARTING THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATION, THE U/C 
AGENT CONTACTED THE ARREST TEAM AND PROVIDED THEM WITH THE 
LOCATION OF THE STORAGE SITE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ARREST 
TEAM RAIDED THE LOCATION, ARRESTED ALL OF THE PREVIOUSLY 
MENTIONED SUBJECTS AND SEIZED APPROXIMATELY 125.5 KILOGRAMS OF 
HASHISH. 
 
 
 
 
DUSHANBE 00000477  003 OF 003 
 
 
¶7. (U) 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 ATTACHI 
MICHAEL W. BROWN AT 992-37-229-2807. 
JACOBSON