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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession' r$ ?- _) M# z3 v# g. t" n; U
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink, J$ I3 c! K6 k( C9 \/ t H7 `8 Q
B* H7 N8 Z0 S- b$ tRahim 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.3 M4 M2 R! p2 |4 T+ u
; O8 W3 v% V& mJaffer 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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0 K* {' e/ n& j- ~0 nThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:& v; Y( Z9 l& ]0 h1 |- G |
! m: H f5 S, y" K7 s( z7 HOn 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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8 U. p* c" Y% ^+ l& mThe officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. - I0 G% r8 b' ?
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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.0 u& }) _2 v8 S `) Y7 N$ I
/ F% t4 T0 N+ |; m% a: mJAFFER 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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