Woodstock pharmacist who stole and sold drugs sent to prison for 10 years

 Yogesh Patel stole 3,000 fentanyl and 1,500 hydromorphone patches with a street value of about $1M

A former Woodstock pharmacist is facing a decade in federal prison after admitting to stealing and selling drugs and defrauding the Ontario Drug Benefit plan.

Yogesh Patel, 47, stole 3,000 fentanyl and 1,500 hydromorphone patches with a street value of about $1 million between 2013 and 2016 from a Rexall Pharmacy in Woodstock. Pharmacist who stole and sold drugs to be sentenced in September.

Yogesh Patel  charged with trafficking drugs and forging prescription documents at a Woodstock Rexall Pharmacy set to be sentenced