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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession& M# U2 M- x% f/ U' Q" Y
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink' U0 @3 G; I' P, x
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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.. c" d1 U3 E+ g$ E
6 u- A& K, z* vJaffer 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 K+ j% g7 R( F$ E" y: K) U
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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:
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* P# ]. T3 |7 V: g- q! ZOn 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. $ u5 A1 d5 d _3 O% w
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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. + k! `: [& i: @6 T) q: B( G! @' i
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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.. W8 u2 Z" L5 Y8 I3 ]. c# {1 k
O- g; A; N" V( N3 O" ]* ZJAFFER 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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