Tuscaloosa City Councilman Kip Tyner was arrested Friday night on charges of cocaine possession, according to a press release from the Tuscaloosa Police Department.

Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson said Tyner, 56, was arrested at approximately 11:40 p.m., alongside 46-year-old Darren Dwayne Cooper, at Tree Top Apartments on 36th Avenue after police came to the complex looking for a witness in a homicide.

Officers were given consent to enter the apartment occupied by Tyner and Cooper after they knocked on the door in an attempt to locate the witness, Anderson said. Officers did not locate the witness, but located cocaine on a mirror in the living room, he said.

He and Cooper were charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Each was placed in the Tuscaloosa County Jail and held on $18,000 bond.

Following Tyner’s arrest, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox referred all requests for comment to the TPD. “This is an active investigation, therefore, the Tuscaloosa Police Department is handling all comments regarding this matter,” Maddox said in a press release. “It is premature to make any other statement.”

Tyner, who was first elected to City Council in 1997, has since been released on bond.