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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
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: y( M; ?! ~' F RPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink: u5 U C. }8 @! W3 L
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Rahim Jaffer, the former Edmonton MP and National Caucus Chair for the Conservative Party, faces impaired driving and drug charges after an incident early last Friday.- P; f. B! v" F- L }' m
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Jaffer was elected as a Reform MP in 1997, in the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona. He lost his seat in the last federal election to NDP MP Linda Duncan. Jaffer is married to Helena Guergis, the Minister of State for the Status of Women.
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/ B4 t" m' m5 E+ e$ v' Q! G5 IThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:) N4 ^# w7 p% G5 T6 W9 P2 K
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On Friday September 11, 2009 at 12:45am a Caledon OPP officer on general patrol on Regional Road 50 observed a grey Ford Escape travelling northbound at a high rate of speed through the village of Palgrave. / z9 ^: v1 [+ u5 w9 u. D6 A
! _/ n& R" {& L0 |$ nThe officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted.
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Thirty-seven year old Rahim JAFFER of Angus was charged with Drive Motor Vehicle Over 80 milligrams of alcohol contrary to section 253(1)(b) Criminal Code of Canada and Possession of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine) contrary to section 4(1) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
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/ f. U' B" @9 y% _/ h; tJAFFER will be making his first appearance in Orangeville Criminal Court on October 19, 2009. His licence was suspended for a period of 90 days under the Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension (ADLS) program. |
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