Crack cocaine recovered in two Albany drug investigations

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Albany Police Department has made five arrests in two separate drug investigations. The arrests resulted from the execution of two search warrants on March 4 as part of ongoing narcotics investigations.

The first warrant was executed around 10:30 a.m. at a home on the 200-block of Ontario Street near Hamilton Street. Detectives recovered crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

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Lesean Coakley, 47, of Albany, was inside the home and taken into custody. He was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and one count of criminally using drug paraphernalia.

He was arraigned and sent to the Albany County Jail…

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