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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession7 j# n% x) N) o+ j8 | a0 d. `
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink$ n [7 R/ Q6 c- Z6 a4 @$ S
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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.3 u$ f; f- ^& H( K; c
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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.- B- k2 \1 z" t0 P' A* k
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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:
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7 Z, B0 {7 Y% Y! v9 q6 T8 X1 JOn 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. 9 U- G8 T( g+ J- z2 s# w: A% n. R
5 s* ], O2 J4 U! jThe officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. : n' i- f: \3 Z" |
4 P. g; Y# L2 e9 G2 b, n' TThirty-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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( \, S. R2 M' r xJAFFER 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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