THE NINE PEOPLE WHO WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND TAKEN TO THE MONTAGUE COUNTY JAIL ARE PART OF A LARGE- SCALE METHAMPHETAMINE BUST. A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE UNSEALED THE INDICTMENTS ON THURSDAY. THE NINE PERSONS ARRESTED ARE ALL FACING MULTIPLE COUNTS OF FEDERAL DRUG VIOLATIONS. IF CONVICTED, EACH DEFENDANT COULD RECEIVE UP TO LIFE IN PRISON ON EACH OF THE THREE FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES. THOSE CHARGES ARE: (1) CONSPIRACY TO MANUFACTURE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, (2) ATTEMPTING TO MANUFACTURE WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, AND (3) AIDING AND ABETTING IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. THE INDICTMENTS ALLEGE THE DEFENDANTS BOUGHT COLD PILLS CONTAINING PSEUDOEPHEDRINE FROM SEVERAL PHARMACIES TO MAKE LARGE QUANTITIES OF METH -- STARTING IN MAY OF 2008. ARRESTED WERE: JAMES BAYLOUS WHITE, 51, OF NOCONA; CHRISTOPHER ANDREW COOK, 33, OF WICHITA FALLS; BERTHA MAE RUSSELL, 44, OF NOCONA; KELLI PIERCE BAIRD, 27, OF NOCONA; CHRYSTAL M. MCCULLOUGH, 27, OF NOCONA; PHILLIP BRADLEY BRAY, 48, OF NOCONA; SHANE ALLEN DEARDUFF, 27, OF BOWIE; DWANA O'NEAL, 54, OF NOCONA; AND RANDELL O'NEAL, 55, OF NOCONA. NUMEROUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ASSISTED IN THE EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION THAT LASTED MORE THAN A YEAR.