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>> we surrounded the market. we had hundreds of people on the streets. massive mobs while we were doing search warrants at two stalls. our goal was to find the ledger to show that the money farid had given to zaire shaw went to haji bagcho. these are handwritten ledgers that can be hidden. so we searched the offices of zaire shaw. we found the ledger and we were able to gather evidence about haji bagchos transactions. >> he used his name haji bagcho in his ledger? >> yes. >> these are illegal do...

They are brick and clay exterior with big gates. banged on the gate. and it was met by a young man who retrieved two kilos of heroin, delivered them to farid, and farid walked away. so we had a two kilo deal, but the investigation wasnt over. if we arrested him prematurely, we were afraid he would be released by corrupt officials. >> we had to make sure we have enough evidence to prosecute haji bagcho in the united states. so the next step was to prove that haji bagcho actually lived at the resi...

Called farid and told him he received the money and it had come to his residence and puck up the two kilos of heroin. conducting an operation against bagchos network was complex, very dangerous. moving throughout the area was hazardous. the taliban was ever present. >> the dea didnt operate independently. they always operated with afghan farces part of an overall u.s. government counter-narcotics plan. they were training the afghans how to do investigations of drugs, how to conduct raids. >> so ...

The money to someone who deals with the informal process of huala. >> its an ancient form of banking which is built on trust. its a person who conducts the operations, kind of like a bank and a banker. and in that system you can go deposit money in one city and the money can be picked up by someone else around the world if there is one where they need to be. it was a system not being tracked by the government or police entities around the world. its a human atm system. >> farid knew which one he...

>> in 2006, we developed one source by the name of fareed. that was a suedcism he was using. he was an afghan national whose family was involved in the opium business in the past and could talk directly to haji bagcho about narcotics trafficking. so we had fareed make a series of recorded telephone calls. in those calls haji bagcho agreed to tell two kilos of heroin as a sample for a larger purchase to the united states. haji bagcho told farid to give