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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession* z9 \5 a$ ] y A
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4 U1 C5 T# `! i3 OPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink1 f8 y) c; u% `0 Q2 L T% J& f
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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.. J1 t9 i F v; L, F
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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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- o& K! p" k9 f" pThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:: c1 H9 _. c1 y) g( P- f5 Z
+ J, j: K& Y4 H ?8 V( S1 ^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. $ V! i' ]2 x( c8 M
( |, ]& i) t3 ]- kThe officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted.
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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.
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JAFFER 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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