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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession: }/ N1 `0 z6 H1 H
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7 l! A, o6 L1 ?; z9 yPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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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.
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0 d7 |8 t5 N, V# 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.
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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:* _0 z" K k9 @0 \: I2 ~
5 X6 v4 O q9 S! T2 l( K7 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. 1 k% W8 i' D" u; I
, D2 q" |5 y/ `; X; } CThe 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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% r1 }; f/ A5 o. Z+ O/ `4 [: SThirty-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.6 \/ C8 w. m2 r# l) O4 r- B1 _" r4 O
8 i7 L& p# S Z2 Z3 `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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