 鲜花( 77)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession' ~! w ?# C. T% s
Posted in Political Bytes
: E0 V: T- x- X o& \' ~ * J, r' F- W* y/ o0 F( z
Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink( F2 j* Y6 u, n0 z6 L
/ N |7 Y4 `1 l5 |( S* H; V
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., w1 j5 q* x' o- `4 o
+ P9 [- l" {* a
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.3 p |9 D. c" t! a2 T7 ~* f
* C& g, t) u. g7 ^! MThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:8 c0 C9 a3 b# \9 v: F
0 A8 W( Z1 i( S: i$ ]2 G* Z
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. 7 w& b3 x4 G0 u( v5 U- w4 U
$ U% z8 G/ t$ v8 W/ b! V5 _
The officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. ; l( Q, U7 `7 W/ A$ K( l
- ]5 T* E$ j W; T/ G8 _. }5 OThirty-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.
- r# [6 Y2 K( Z' b
9 A6 j$ R6 e# k3 r. w4 x vJAFFER 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. |
|