A Marshall County jail guard was one of the individuals arrested in a drug bust conducted by federal, state and local agents Wednesday. The Times-Republican first reported the event as a breaking news item Wednesday afternoon. A total of nine individuals were arrested, including Soraya Armas, 41, a jailer who had been working with the county since October 2000. Once authorities caught on to Armas' activities, they had a decision to make: Let her continue performing the job and keep investigating or dismiss her and possibly tip off others and jeopardize the investigation. The decision was made to let her continue in her duties during the course of the investigation. Marshall County Sheriff Ted Kamatchus said it was something that jail administration carefully considered. "At no time did this decision form a threat to the personnel or operation of the jail," he said. Armas has been charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.