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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession: \; l* D/ V: B- D
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink' o1 k) Z# C) e/ ~( J$ b. l
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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.# Q3 h* S7 O3 [* z
+ l7 F2 M6 r* u5 _2 c" Y/ u# u3 SJaffer 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." h* p# Y1 m3 Q% @. L* _/ W3 y
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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:/ h) j x7 r9 F9 ^: l
. J* K7 T2 E7 P n pOn 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. 0 Y- @- ]- g$ l% W1 B' K- n
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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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& M" K& |1 `3 H+ a) ^( A/ m6 rThirty-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.- g5 M; p0 @; x
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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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