MADISON, Wis. – A LaCrosse meth dealer, Toudeng Thao, age 49, pleaded guilty in federal court to drug trafficking in several counties. Thao had bene arrested in January 2024 with a supply f meh in his vehicle. He admitted to trafficking meth from sources in Minnesota, California, Canada and Mexico. He told police he supplied six drug local distributors. The arrest had followed months of a muti-agency investigation. The agencies included police in Campbell, LaCrosse, Onalaska and Prairie du Chien as well as the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation, and the West Central Wisconsin Metropolitan Enforcement Group.
