5-Year-Old Brings 22 Crack Vials To School, Police Investigation Underway

Drugs ended up at a Philadelphia preschool after a 5-year-old brought 22 vials of crack cocaine to class on Tuesday morning.

The boy, who at attends Cobbs Creek's Saint Cyprian Children Center, was “acting out of character” and had a visible “bulge in his pants pocket,” police said, reports Fox News.

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After noticing his odd behavior, a teacher’s aide asked him to remove what the item and was shocked when he took out a "clear plastic baggie containing 22 purple ziplock bags of crack cocaine" from his pocket. The aide then alerted an administrator, who called 911.

While speaking about the incident to 6ABC, Atiba Byrd, a parent of one of the preschool’s students, said, “I am sad that this happened. I don’t want to say it makes you want to take your kids out of school, but this kind of puts a black eye on our community cause this is a good school. My son’s been here two years now."

No other children came in contact with the vials and no one was harmed. Philadelphia police are looking into the boy’s father, a 27-year-old, though no arrests have been made.