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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession& N3 m7 Z9 g. N) j
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7 d6 G( [4 x/ ]Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink2 j% E9 A% C3 ]% p5 R0 c
$ C& r+ S0 h) _! E' K6 o+ YRahim 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.+ z5 v: q7 U. R! d5 {5 _8 ^
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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.
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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:5 C6 c4 L0 L- N) f% g
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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. 2 s- |- I' ]6 n7 u% p# k
, D3 l2 w) b: O7 KThirty-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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& c' q* J9 Z [/ j; m+ z7 ZJAFFER 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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