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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
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2 |% B; m1 U( W7 o0 U- S4 qPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink" r+ G* z0 `) }: q& f2 W
; e2 i0 B$ J0 q3 G$ a, GRahim 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.
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# z ?/ O4 c& j4 K+ H/ i, \5 dJaffer 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.2 u: d/ w0 [+ F! h) C8 A5 G& z. X% S
3 E3 _$ L1 U X3 S, k/ dThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:* x6 w( }) R- K. L; c
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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. / k9 ]; N) J) _, p* a- D8 ~7 i
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The officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. ) U7 h' E, f( B4 M- O
- a6 A. j7 a* ]: Q; Y- }: ZThirty-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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! Q- Z! b3 h4 IJAFFER 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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