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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
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: z0 A' M* M9 j i5 _Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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* w9 F8 p( e$ V4 K: 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.! h* s1 G4 Q, |) q$ s K
}. \8 ]) h( c3 |- ~3 V5 tJaffer 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." R I$ D/ I6 r7 F; {5 s( s
* C/ t, J' p. B6 J8 u% x4 i6 ZThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:% X4 r: z* d9 _ ^" k1 L9 T4 J2 H9 X1 j
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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.
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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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Thirty-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.% j9 k0 u7 g) K
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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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