TC Palm: A 4-year-old at a Tamarac preschool caused a furor when police say he pulled a plastic bag of pot from his book bag and casually told a classmate, "That's my brother's weed."

Authorities say the incident occurred Friday at Tamarac Preschool, at 6801 W. Commercial Blvd.

Teacher Iris Dasilva, 45, of Coral Springs, checked the child's bookbag and found two more small ziplock bags filled with marijuana, according to the report.

Dasilva called the Broward Sheriff's Office and the child abuse hotline.

According to the Sheriff's Office, the preschooler initially told investigators his older brother, 21, hid the drug in the book bag. The boy later said he found it on a table in his brother's room, the report said.

The boy's mother, whose name was not released, told investigators she had never found marijuana in her house and that there was none in the bookbag when she packed it.

Neither Dasilva nor the preschool's director could be reached this morning.

A Sheriff's Office deputy and an investigator for the Department of Children and Family Services conducted a home visit at the child's residence and found the home clean, in order, with plenty of food, the police report said. The investigation is continuing.

The marijuana was slated to be destroyed, the report said.

Shirley Smith, the school's director, said she could not comment on the case. But she said the academy was "an excellent school."

"Safety is the utmost priority," Smith said.

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