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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
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" x/ G4 g1 u5 r2 yPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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$ x" R% g6 [4 E- v% B' WRahim 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.
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5 Y' W6 _; Z: S. m- NJaffer 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.( j4 n/ i J; ^; J' `
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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:
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- u% _7 Q" w" J$ TOn 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. 4 |. j5 N' Y, K7 s+ ^* i
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The 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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, m" j( {' M: i/ c. F3 TThirty-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.2 l8 ]- P9 g) ?: M! M
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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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