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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession0 g( E3 d( {8 {/ d9 l
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink, Q3 h3 b* d0 V# s6 @: Z& @
6 S4 @* i' |5 T1 r p0 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.( ~- Y0 H( E: `6 n5 I! T7 U" L" o4 ]
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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.) n6 V- ]% l* [3 w; f ?
% B) g/ B5 j4 d9 F$ uThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:7 ^3 K. `9 ]0 ]/ s& T5 p' ~: x+ @
1 H6 V0 u$ E9 Q" Q9 m7 o3 ^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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6 L& U. Y: s3 W% }The officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. 8 q) `* |& G. x& y, u
a, i9 l6 o3 D# k- z) HThirty-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.3 w. N$ i4 W1 E/ h/ p# G
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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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