( CNN ) -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent was arrested Tuesday on narcotics smuggling charges , but the federal agency declined to release his name , a spokesman told CNN . The agent , who was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration , was being held in the Yuma , Arizona , County jail , said Kenneth Quillin , supervisory border patrol agent . The agent , who has three years ' experience with the border patrol , was arrested after two other Border Patrol agents on Monday were patrolling along the U.S.-Mexico border and saw the suspect agent with `` numerous bundles of marijuana inside a marked Border Patrol truck , '' Quillin said in a statement . The agents reported the incident to a supervisor , and the suspect agent , along with the marijuana , was placed in the custody of the DEA , Quillin said . Rodolfo Karisch , acting chief patrol agent for the Yuma Sector , said he was `` proud of the swift and appropriate actions taken by the arresting agents . '' `` They knew the right thing to do and did it , as expected . They put honor first and are to be commended . This can not be said of the suspect , '' he said in a statement . `` I will not refer to the subject of this arrest as 'one of us . ' By his alleged actions , he has tarnished our image , '' Karisch said in a statement . `` We will pursue the prosecution of this individual to the fullest extent allowed by law . ''
The U.S. Border Patrol agent was allegedly caught with marijuana . The drugs were inside a Border Patrol truck . Score: 6