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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
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+ [& k9 x; K4 ~Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink* U5 c* T4 b: n
+ H9 d3 X/ `8 @4 j8 qRahim 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.' J: h' m; G, [, h! t" L# Y" o
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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.3 P& E* D9 o' S: u# t
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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:5 v/ g( a2 [9 @. ]7 R7 x
1 ~/ h' ^$ C5 G! e2 M: R: ZOn 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. $ {! R7 S8 b2 c
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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! V* B/ O1 f- fThirty-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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7 t7 Z- \' B9 a3 ]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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