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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession9 H6 { m5 h: k( j- R7 x2 r
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink& K, y7 C$ g5 U/ n: X$ V5 a, R
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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., g$ n8 D1 R( o
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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./ ?* m' [' j; x' ^
% C# M5 C9 S: f' e+ r2 ^The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:
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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. 3 E. e6 H1 ?) b' }' I& ]9 F7 v
3 j, c7 u0 C. L. l) ]+ RThe officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. % d4 U3 r' Q+ X) V* u! T {4 d
" a$ b' k& [% T8 XThirty-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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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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