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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
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, L( Y3 q8 z- `: d/ @ q# T- lPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink9 |9 h: i' _- @2 I0 ?! {
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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.7 ^0 g. @0 `: S1 p2 |; z
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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.+ v! A/ U6 X; L1 j
3 o0 Z4 B/ |- `* `# ?. f+ yThe 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. ( t! h. a# A- X2 l2 ]3 B
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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. . v6 H$ T; |' D3 p$ h& \) _
$ Z5 g6 T7 L; J! ^7 CThirty-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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) w0 c" @ F' [' ]5 i" t2 \) [( _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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