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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
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4 I- M [8 [6 @- KPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink- P1 i. q" s2 o( V- K4 z
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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.6 q0 V6 I/ U( O6 O3 Y1 P! q% `' ^" g/ b
+ i; C% J/ }4 i* C0 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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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:9 |- J; j0 B+ ^& w( c# W' P+ b& s
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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. 6 G" s! _2 \9 u0 T4 p3 D
7 v9 R7 L* T8 x' \3 h5 hThe 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.) t! j% W5 w3 R
% x$ o+ y/ P% t3 H9 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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