On Air Now

Heart FM Mornings

5:30am - 10:00am

  • 519-537-1047

Now Playing

TEDDY SWIMS

LOSE CONTROL

Download

Former Woodstock Pharmacists Suspended by Ontario College of Pharmacists

file photo

A former pharmacist from Woodstock has been suspended by the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

WOODSTOCK - A former pharmacist from Woodstock has been suspended by the Ontario College of Pharmacists. 

Yogesh Patel was suspended for non-payment of his dues according to the Colleges web site. Last year Patel was arrested and charged on drug trafficking charges while working as a pharmacist at the Rexall in Woodstock on Springbank Avenue. 

Patel has recently pleaded guilty to those charges and admitted to forging documents and stealing $100,000 worth of prescription drugs. 

During the initial bust which included the arrests of two people from Woodstock police seized $35,000 worth of  Fentanyl, Hydromorphone, Morphine, Nabilone and Oxycodone from the three homes along with $3,000 in cash.

More from Local News

Weather

Recently Played