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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession3 N1 @5 z* s1 s, l1 k) X# z) F
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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6 `$ P# ~( ?% y3 M# eRahim 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.4 F+ y/ N6 Q/ `7 X1 o
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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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9 Y: l6 C4 d4 q; A: o' Y# hThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:+ z& q R; h% B* _: c8 W; E4 g
$ l$ K3 w q6 g: z' d1 Q8 zOn 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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1 v: U) t# { _The officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. 5 X) D8 s5 W6 A8 I- b _5 m# A
- N! e: {, E' }2 @% s: E( tThirty-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.9 K+ H/ p( ^" O
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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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