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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession. q3 Q0 U& E8 d6 h
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' K( Q* g7 d1 V* n5 n5 i8 ?+ y. JPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink5 R; H4 E* E0 b1 i+ D
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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.
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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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0 y3 ^" \+ |5 A8 z6 A; U. C" ~The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:9 ?- h: e* {* ]) U4 b r3 L& e
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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. ( i& v' w% H' ?) Z
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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. 3 i Y* p5 U+ O8 D
n4 q1 O6 U* Z/ h4 }, w! {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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