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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession0 @1 |. @8 f3 K4 N% E/ k Z
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( A1 V& Q* h/ PPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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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.- M4 x: ]2 x3 v, e$ Z
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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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* y: ?# g8 N6 o7 O7 T3 S& b$ }# VThe 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. 8 y, {6 B y0 |0 Y" \
( W$ T, I; T! GThe officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. 4 ~2 |$ x/ A+ V2 a
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Thirty-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.+ z- T! G0 Y& F$ b4 @; o
+ U: F; B+ R0 hJAFFER 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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