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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession" C) \: p1 w$ P
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5 Y' Y2 q* t" C& |" LRahim 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.
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4 B+ W- A9 S0 _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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+ t+ e& |" h/ a" A8 HThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:$ {- D+ F) X/ k% K
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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. 2 ]* S7 j7 ~( R' H4 F
6 |0 r1 S: m$ o. R9 \9 uThe 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.. b; e9 M- }2 k, D0 {3 F/ a& e
4 f6 I$ i% G& x3 p8 X( WJAFFER 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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