Yeng Moua (40) and Xianna Moua Yang (37), the married couple who co-founded the St. Paul-based nonprofit Koom Recovery to provide culturally tailored addiction support for the Hmong and Southeast Asian community, have been charged in connection with an alleged methamphetamine trafficking operation. According to local reporting, law enforcement stopped the couple’s vehicle after leaving a Minneapolis hotel and found roughly three pounds of a substance that later tested positive for methamphetamine; court records indicate the charges include first-degree felony counts tied to possessing and selling controlled substances. Bail for each has been set at $150,000 as the case proceeds through Ramsey County District Court. (Hoodline)

Koom Recovery, launched in 2024 with a mission focused on peer recovery groups, street outreach, and reducing stigma around substance use, had been involved in community outreach and collaboration with other local recovery providers prior to these allegations. Prosecutors have framed the incident as part of a larger suspected trafficking pattern, but authorities have not publicly tied the nonprofit’s operations or finances to the alleged drug distribution beyond the criminal complaint; the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. (Hoodline)

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Source: St. Paul Recovery Founders Charged in Meth Trafficking — Hoodline (January 21, 2026). (Hoodline)