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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession/ Q2 U& s2 _: I4 S
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; G7 z. [ U8 F9 R' R% ePosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink, v! u# |7 D _" f+ E' n) D0 w
0 u- e! _# I. l9 s: R/ zRahim 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.. K' w- o X1 Q% j7 ~9 ]2 {; S5 U2 B
$ B7 b- B7 T2 H2 n3 E0 ~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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7 b7 g5 l& Q; i) @) @3 h' lThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:1 U+ x3 y# U' d3 _8 y7 j0 T
' ]& |2 t! r+ k, x3 W) }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.
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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.
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9 }) L- O( X' B1 \5 ^$ } ]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.! }* }, u2 T5 J
2 ^. i1 W/ B# a) U# F7 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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