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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession( `* e0 N9 Y+ S, p8 C* G
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink3 n* p0 A. P0 t" ~% B
1 _) ^- [) s3 A& qRahim 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.& i. H8 k2 r2 F1 l' d
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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.: m1 _( Z" S# r9 x% g+ E
{2 z! @0 E" [" N% D: d7 D1 ~+ m4 mThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:9 \6 V; \- @" @
: g6 c# c, k# ]6 s5 AOn 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. ! E* ^/ U" r$ {: u
0 h2 M' S, V5 D9 W& ~The officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. 7 n/ ?! n8 P" K3 m( r) 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.+ D9 Z* W4 G# p t2 s, |. O3 v
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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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