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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession, n1 b7 _3 n9 I: l
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. D" m, i2 s# p! d. b" t' `Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink* g+ W, l, D5 S/ I4 ?& U! K# l
9 y5 F' ~. C ~ R" g6 V- v+ iRahim 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.) v/ |8 ^3 G2 z. {
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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.7 |0 o3 `% F5 y# q
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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:& _" \# P: k) ~9 `
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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.
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* ]. w9 G9 K' |$ h0 eThe 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.5 E" n- m- u) R
& e7 f# u+ Y( C8 t' E/ _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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