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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession; Z3 _+ r( ]- W
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, d0 R5 y, {" [8 A$ C( J$ hPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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1 Q% O' C- R C" FRahim 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.; K1 Y. N6 v, O6 C) K7 H
/ o" X. I, I: f5 r% i- QJaffer 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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5 }$ C6 v: j0 c7 k' sThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:
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2 K4 M$ t7 B! iOn 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.
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/ V8 K% A. g3 [, N8 q7 KThe 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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7 Y, ?$ S. I) w% N$ J+ ~- o& I' kThirty-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.& ~3 H0 p$ c6 U7 o
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JAFFER 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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