A total of five individuals were arrested locally on drug charges Wednesday.

Samuel Jason Mallett, 36 of Sand Rock and Bobbie Faye Underwood, 41 of Centre were each charged with Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substance and the Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

James Daniel Malin, age 24, and Toni Melissa Cothran, 31, both of Dallas, along with William Tyler Smith age 24 of Piedmont were charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd Degree and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Mallett was booked into jail just prior to 4:00pm and Underwood shortly after 12:00noon – they both remain in the Cherokee County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing.

Malin, Cothran and Smith were each booked in shortly before 1:00pm and later released on $1,000 bond each.