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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession# K2 [9 W6 H& u9 \0 J* O
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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/ Y t5 c7 |2 j( l- {" g8 B9 b: jRahim 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.$ i% a) o* @- t
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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.
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5 i0 v: k' _/ dThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:
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0 a6 U6 i( @2 C9 e* uOn 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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4 ~7 ?$ j" g/ E4 a8 ?The 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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3 j( C( I4 M4 T/ h+ K+ q. |+ rThirty-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.- N( L- x8 [ H5 J7 O# K& s* ]
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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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