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no one was hurt. a man is accused of leaving something behind when he returned his rental

car hire usa, car to the sunport--nearly 140 pounds of marijuana. now, homeland

security and the sunport police say that arrest, may lead to them to bigger players in the drug trade. koat action 7 news reporter matt howerton has more.

"i can't believe that would happen here at the airport where there's a lot of security...it's just ironic that people could do that." if you've traveled lately, you

may have rented a car at an airport. airport bus driving dozens do it everyday here at the albuquerque sunport. but yesterday, sunport police got an unusual call from a

company here, after a man had returned his rental car. "but when employees started cleaning the car they found something inside the trunk...they did not expect."

court documents say they found several duffel bags...filled with marijuana. homeland security and sunport police were called to investigate. but by that time,

the man who dropped the car off--david ung ...had come back. he said he'd forgotten a bag. he was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance

with intent to distribute. all in all... sunport police say the take was worth as much as a million dollars. sounds at airport the bust has since led homeland

security and sunport police down a sophisticated drug trail. both agencies declined to comment on camera...but did say that the marijuana was professionally

packaged and was high grade. leaving them to believe that there are bigger fish tied to the drugs. at the sunport... matt howerton koat action 7 news.

sunport police say they've identified

several additional suspects in this case. they expect to make arrests soon.