A St. Paul couple who founded a culturally specific addiction-recovery nonprofit is now at the center of a major meth trafficking case, accused of running drugs into the same Twin Cities streets where they had been doing outreach. The pair, 40-year-old Yeng Moua and 37-year-old Xianna Moua Yang, co-founded Koom Recovery last year to serve the Hmong community. Both are now facing first-degree felony drug charges and remain in custody as the case winds through Ramsey County court.
What police allege
According to investigators, officers stopped the couple’s vehicle shortly after they left a Minneapolis hotel and found roughly three pounds of material in a black garbage bag that later tested positive for methamphetamine. A criminal complaint says a…..