Drag +Drop over a loaded MC in Flash MX

I am seeking to load my portfolio images by way of a mc (portpop01.swf) into the main Flash MX movie (portpop) via:
but.onPress = function () {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“container”, 1);
loadMovie(“portpop01.swf”, “container”);
container._x = 0 ;
container._y = 0 ;
}
This code works GREAT, thanks kirupa.com!!!

However, I have a drag+drop system:
on (press) {
startDrag("/brnd");
}
on (release) {
stopDrag();
if (getProperty("/brnd", _droptarget) eq “/hit”) {
tellTarget ("_root") {
gotoAndPlay(57)

The hit/droptarget is below the mc once it is loaded. The drag+drop system does works with the loaded mc, but under the loaded mc. I even loaded the mc on level 1 and 0 with the same result.

The page is designed for the hit target and buttons system to work on the level above the loaded mcs. How do I load the mc below the hit target mc/is this doable? Thanks.