Cohoes police arrest man and woman for narcotics

COHOES, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- Police arrested a Cohoes man and woman for possessing crack cocaine on Thursday. Shakema Tune, 43, and James Austin, 44, were arrested after an executed search warrant for an apartment at 85 Mohawk Street in Cohoes.

Police said they found 6.2 ounces of crack cocaine wrapped in 17 individual bags and a scale in the apartment. Both face charges of third and fourth-degree criminal possession of a narcotic drug.

Austin was charged with has been convicted twice out of three violent felony convictions and is on parole with an ankle monitor for second-degree burglary. He was arraigned in Albany County Court and remains in Albany County Jail. Tune was arraigned in Cohoes County Court and released with a future court date.