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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession9 F- N4 z7 H* Y" C
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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5 }6 K- N' d7 q4 r+ o: x- D8 x, d+ NRahim 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.# k5 `0 d+ j& a& f2 X
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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.1 W. k" h* o% M% w. f, D' A
# `" O: q+ T4 Q8 `* \; v3 Q8 t+ bThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:
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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. % ^8 [' r) \4 n3 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. " C6 x( p" P: I
4 L0 Y4 `7 J" r @5 a) H: F1 RThirty-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.) v7 A2 }7 u# I9 Q
2 E/ ^7 S: p2 L% o& Q6 e g8 S sJAFFER 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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