VZCZCXRO8059
RR RUEHDBU RUEHDE
DE RUEHDBU #0488/01 1141008
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 241008Z APR 09
FM AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE
TO RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0021
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL 0090
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 0015
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 0057
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 0011
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0243
RUEHDBU/AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE 0457
INFO RUEABND/DEA WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DUSHANBE 000488 
 
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, NTRE/UPP, NIRE/LEHRER 
NI/BORDER, NTRE/UPP/KREGOR, FOE/HAFF, 
NIWF/MANZI, SOD/OSE/MCMANAMON/YASEVICH/KHAN/OEA/SHROYER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: DEAX SNAR TI
SUBJECT: UI-09-0003/WEH1F/SAROV, NOSIR/TELEPHONE TOLL INFORMATION 
RELATED THE SAROV DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION 
 
DEA ACTION REQUEST FOR DEA SOD IN PARAGRAPH 5 
DEA ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEA KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE IN PARAGRAPH 
 
CXX: 
 
SOD OPERATION TAJIK EXPRESS 
 
¶1. (SBU) ON 04/21/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA 
DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO), MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL 
AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE COUNTER NARCOTICS 
UNIT CHIEF OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MOI) OF THE 
GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. (THE DCO HAS 
REFERED TO THE MOI IN PREVIOUS CABLES AS THE MINISTRY OF 
INTERIOR; A MORE ACCURATE TRANSLATION OF THE RUSSIAN TERM IS THE 
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MOI)). THE MEETING WAS HELD IN 
ORDER TO REVIEW NEW TOLL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY OF THE NOSIR SAROV DRUG 
TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO). 
 
¶2. (SBU) COL. BUHORIEV PROVIDED THE DCO WILL TELEPHONE TOLL 
RECORDS FOR TAJIK CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (90) 790-3333. THE MOI 
HAS IDENTIFIED THE SUBSCRIBER AS YULIYA VLADIMIROVNA ALEKSEEVA; 
THE MOI BELIEVE THAT ALEKSEEVA IS A FEMALE RUSSIAN WHO RESIDES 
IN DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN. THE MOI DOES NOT CONSIDER ALEKSEEVA TO 
BE THE USER OF THE CELLULAR NUMBER. THE DCO HAS ESTABLISHED THAT 
THIS NUMBER IS POSSIBLY CONNECTED TO SAROV DTO TRAFFICKING 
ASSOCIATES BASED PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, RUSSIA 
AND AFGHANISTAN. THIS NUMBER WAS ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED BY THE 
DCO FROM TOLL RECORDS ACQUIRED BY THE MOI FROM TAJIK CELLULAR 
TELEPHONE NUMBER [992] (95) 173-9220. ACCORDING TO A MOI 
CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE (CS), THIS CELLULAR NUMBER MAY BE USED BY A 
HIGH RANKING SAROV DTO ASSOCIATE IDENTIFIED AS THE "DOCTOR". THE 
CS ALSO REPORTED THAT SAROV MAY USES CELLULAR PHONE NUMBER 
[93](79) 4245620. 
 
¶3. (SBU) THE MOI PROVIDED THE DCO WITH THE FOLLOWING TOLL DATA 
FOR CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (90) 790-3333 BEGINNING ON 03/15/09 
THROUGH 04/17/09: 
 
AFGHANISTAN: 
 
93-794245620 (MOI HAS LINKED THIS NUMBER TO SAROV) 
93-788431633 
93-788285646 
93-786444539 
93-795751007 
 
RUSSIA 
 
79-269347766 (THIS NUMBER WAS CALLED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING THE 
REQUESTED TOLL PERIOD.) 
 
INDIA 
 
918735757 (POSSIBLE MISDIALED INDIAN NUMBER.) 
 
MISDIALED UNKNOWN INTERNATIONAL NUMBERS 
 
393335363830373131 
557665646 (THIS NUMBER WAS MISDIALED NUMEROUS TIMES.) 
8109379269347766 
 
TAJIKISTAN: 
 
992-37-2500351 
992-91-9629805 
992-91-8906767 (THIS NUMBER WAS CONTACTED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING 
THE REQUESTED TOLL PERIOD.) 
992-91-9246848 
992-91-9982204 
992-91-9551621 
992-91-9006949 
992-90-7369555 
992-91-9629805 
992-91-9246848 
992-90-7331265 
992-90-7705695 
992-91-8735757 
992-91-9800598 
992-91-8744054 
 
DUSHANBE 00000488  002 OF 002 
 
 
992-91-9628273 
992-95-1424877 (THIS NUMBER REPRESENTS ALMOST HALF OF THE PHONE 
CONTACTS ON THE TOLL REPORT. THIS NUMBER WAS ALSO IN CONTACT 
WITH SAROV'S POSSIBLE NUMBER IN AFGHANISTAN: 93-794245620.) 
992-91-8274497 
992-90-7911717 
992-91-7012750 
992-91-7015213 
992-95-1739220 
992-91-8906767 
992-91-8363616 
 
¶4. (SBU) ACCORDING TO THE COL., THE MOI IS IN THE PROCESS OF 
PREPARING AN AFFIDAVIT WHICH WILL BE USED TO REQUEST 
AUTHORIZATION FROM THE TAJIK GENERAL PROSECUTOR FOR MOI TO 
INITIATE A WIRE INTERCEPT ON CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (90) 
790-3333. THE COL. HAS STATED THAT THE MOI CAN CONDUCT 
STATE-AUTHORIZED WIRE INTERCEPT INVESTIGATIONS BUT THEY DO NOT 
HAVE TO DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION WHICH WAS USED TO INITIATE THE 
INTERCEPT OPERATION. IF THE MOI IS SUCCESSFUL IN ACQUIRING 
AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT THE INTERCEPT, THE DCO WILL REQUEST 
AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MOI TO INSPECT THEIR INTERCEPT EQUIPMENT. 
THE MOI HAS STATED THAT THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO INTERCEPT 
CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS; THE DCO HAS YET TO CONFIRM THIS FACT. 
 
ACTION REQUEST FOR DEA SOD 
 
¶5. (SBU) THE DCO REQUESTS THAT SOD CROSS-CHECK ALL OF THE PHONE 
NUMBERS PROVIDED IN THIS CABLE AGAINST THE SOD DATABASE AND 
IDENTIFY ANY PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING 
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. IN THE EVENT THE MOI CAN INITIATE THE 
PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WIRE INTERCEPT TARGETING TAJIK CELLULAR 
NUMBER, [992] (90) 790-3333, THE DCO REQUESTS SOD TO ASSIST IN 
DEVELOPING A REGIONAL WIRE INTERCEPT OPERATION. THE OPERATION 
WOULD LINK TOGETHER INVESTIGATIONS IN DUBAI, UNITED ARAB 
EMIRATES, RUSSIA AND POSSIBLY BELGIUM, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED 
WITH THE PRIMARY TIER ONE NUMBER LOCATED IN AFGHANISTAN 
(992-95-1739220). 
 
¶6. (SBU) THE DCO REQUESTS THAT THE DEA KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE 
CROSS-CHECK ALL OF THE AFGHAN PHONE NUMBERS AGAINST THEIR DATA 
BASE AND IDENTIFY ANY PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CONNECTIONS TO 
EXISTING TRAFFICKING ELEMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN. 
 
¶7. (SBU) 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 
ATTACHE MICHAEL W. BROWN AT [992] (37) 229-2807. 
 
INDEXING SECTION: 
 
¶1. SAROV, NOSIR              NADDIS: INCONCLUSIVE: DESCRIBED AN 
AFGHAN NATIONAL WHO RESIDES IN AFGHANISTAN NEAR THE TAJIK-AFGHAN 
BORDER. ACCORDING TO A TAJIKISTAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) 
CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE (CS), SAROV IS THE HEAD OF A SIGNIFICANT 
HEROIN, OPIUM, AND HASHISH DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO) 
BASED IN AFGHANISTAN NEAR THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER. SOURCE 
INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THE SAROV DTO COORDINATES ITS 
TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY THROUGH A TAJIK BROKER KNOWN ONLY AS THE 
"DOCTOR." SOURCE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE DOCTOR RESIDES 
IN TAJIKISTAN AND USES TAJIK CELLULAR PHONE NUMBER, 
992-95-173-9220 TO COORDINATE TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY WITH SAROV IN 
AFGHANISTAN. 
 
¶2. ALEKSEEVA, YULIYA VLADIMIROVNA            NADDIS: NEGATIVE; 
DESCRIBED AS A RUSSIAN FEMALE WHO RESIDES IN DUSHANBE, 
TAJIKISTAN. THE TAJIKISTAN MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS HAS 
IDENTIFIED ALEKSEEVA AS THE SUBSCRIBER FOR TAJIK CELLULAR NUMBER 
[992] (90) 790-3333. THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN LINKED TO CURRENT DEA 
INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS. 
JACOBSON