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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession) X, q {% c7 R" w2 R. m) V7 i
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2 F4 F1 t+ k; EPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink6 h, R- t; C# d& H
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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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- g4 p% p4 R) `4 `$ \2 ?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.& j- G. l0 A* P4 {9 d7 o
0 o S9 }8 P" W5 e' w# ]The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:0 p% l m6 g: c4 ?# v
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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. 9 h U* q2 n2 u& M
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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. ' _( [( u: s7 y Y$ `5 G1 w
! E) s3 A Y4 g) uThirty-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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