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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
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$ n4 D: F, K- ~, P' uPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink1 `" f! w) P" ?+ C1 M, O8 l% T
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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 L% P/ }* _# {' A: Z5 w" N, \
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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.& ^( `! V6 Z7 z4 y7 z* j& ^( M
* Z/ L3 b* s5 f+ F9 MThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:% w8 @% O" e9 p5 b
. ~% i1 m, I [8 \" oOn 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. . Y. x: C4 T, Z$ \! N, t
# @- C7 Q/ X0 Y" M# n0 d9 KThe 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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4 z9 `: W# C" DThirty-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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I( [1 z$ ~3 gJAFFER 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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