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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession( Q- X4 ^# r8 U+ W; T P# g
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink* e N# o' e& M+ Z. {4 I
; m* H9 y, c, ~: L; S0 }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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D; v) t# q+ i8 z& N7 W$ k9 t4 [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.
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+ `6 F( N4 |4 o; jThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:) k' ]$ A2 A" L' f9 B! B
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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. ) H( g! O% ?7 \5 V$ ^3 [& H8 ^2 Y; g
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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. . e3 V5 u# c2 O; C# S3 u7 G
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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.
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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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