The former LDEA Boss Fitzgerald Biago was scheduled travel on Sunday, August 16, 2026, to attend the 40th International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC) which takes place from August 18–20, 2026, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. But his name has been removed from the list of participants by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (U.S. DEA). The newly appointed Deputy Director for Operations Precious Rue will now represent Liberia alone.
Biago was scheduled to leave Liberia on Sunday, August 16, for the conference, which runs from August 18–20 and brings together senior drug enforcement officials from around the world.
His reported removal comes as questions continue to surround a gray Toyota pickup bearing license plate A532084, which has been repeatedly linked to Biago in photographs reviewed by Verity News.
The vehicle has also been associated with businessman George Wha Harris, popularly known as Leroy Harris, who has been charged and forwarded to court over several alleged drug-related offenses.
Photographs obtained by Verity News show Biago standing in front of the pickup on separate occasions. Other images of the same vehicle have appeared on social media accounts belonging to individuals associated with the LDEA.
Among those accounts are pages linked to Administrative Assistant Henry Seh, Personal Assistant Joletha Joe and Special Assistant Emmanuel Biago. Some of the posts were later removed, while similar photographs remain available on the LDEA’s official social media platforms.
Verity News also reviewed photographs from a tournament held ahead of World Drug Day that appear to show Biago using the same gray pickup.
The vehicle’s alleged connection to the former LDEA chief has raised questions about who owned it, who had authority over it and why it was being used around the agency.
The LDEA previously rejected claims that Biago received the vehicle.
In an earlier response, the agency said Biago “neither received nor accepted the vehicle described in the allegation and did not authorize anyone to receive it on his behalf.”
That denial did not answer several questions surrounding the pickup, including its ownership, its regular user and the circumstances under which it was reportedly being used by or around LDEA officials.
Biago has also reportedly told some journalists that he does not have a vehicle bearing license plate A532084.
But photographs reviewed by Verity News appear to show him repeatedly in close proximity to the same vehicle, including images from an LDEA-related event.
The issue is therefore no longer simply whether Biago personally received the pickup.
Questions are also being raised about whether the vehicle was made available to the LDEA, who authorized its use, who knew about it and whether any senior officials were aware of its alleged connection to individuals now facing drug-related charges.
The IDEC is an important international forum where drug enforcement agencies exchange intelligence, discuss emerging trafficking networks and strengthen cooperation in the fight against organized drug crime.
Biago’s expected participation would have placed him among international law enforcement officials discussing precisely those issues.
His reported removal from the participant list, therefore, raises a central question: Why was Biago delisted from the conference?
Neither the reason for the reported change nor whether it is connected to the allegations surrounding the gray Toyota pickup has been independently established by Verity News.
Verity News has also not established that Biago committed any crime. The allegations remain subject to investigation, and he is entitled to due process.
However, the combination of his reported delisting, the photographs involving the vehicle and the unresolved questions surrounding its use warrants closer scrutiny.
The U.S. DEA has not publicly stated, based on the information reviewed by Verity News, why Biago’s name was reportedly removed from the conference list.
Until a clear explanation is provided, questions will remain over what led to the former LDEA boss being dropped from a major international drug enforcement gathering just days before his scheduled departure.
