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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
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6 u, |, o0 O7 c* CPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink& ]. i/ h( w5 N. X0 a8 g% o
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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 p6 D8 _; y* J
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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.9 r+ y( m( u# f/ J; e
9 k) ?1 i% N, z) {3 JThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:
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6 U+ P- o- n* w' ]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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, R5 g; N& s* W1 AThe officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. + _ h# U6 s: Z/ ?- p
( p( _# }8 _" G5 i4 QThirty-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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& e, L( P* ~9 {5 Q9 b: 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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