Lee County Sheriff’s Community Relations Manager Stacey Payne said this weekend that the agency had wrapped up its fifth day of Operation Medicine Cabinet with “astounding results.”

Residents were encouraged over the week to drop off old medications, syringes and other items at different locations in the county including Lehigh Acres;

Over the course of the five days, Payne said the department collected 383,483 pills, 513 ointments and creams, 3,015 patches, 32,020 syringes, 1,142 inhalers, and 2,412 liquid meds.

“Saturday resulted in the oldest prescription turned in since we started in 2008 from 1964; that is over 45 years old,” Payne said.

“We want to thank everyone who dropped off medications and participated in Operation Medicine Cabinet. At today’s event we had representatives from Lee County Sheriff’s Office Crime Prevention Unit, K-9 Unit, Lee County Sheriff’s Office Explorers and Volunteers, Abby Services, K-consulting, Brookdale Senior Living, Department of Environmental Protection, Lee Elder Abuse Prevention Partnership, Delta Family Counseling, Lee Memorial Blood Mobile, McGruff the Crime Dog, and The American Red Cross,” Payne said.

Saturday’s event participants dropped off their medications, got to meet one of the agency’s K-9s and his handler, try-on the Impaired Driving Goggles and try a few exercises while wearing them, parents were given the opportunity to get their kids fingerprints taken, and many people had their blood pressure checked by Abby Services and donated blood at the Lee Memorial Blood Mobile.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Florida Crime Prevention Association, K-consulting, Abby Services, Brookdale Senior Living, CVS Pharmacy, and Old Navy for Operation Medicine Cabinet, the latest installment of the Pharmaceutical Take Back Program.

Another event is in the planning stages with more information to follow, Payne said.