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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession8 s9 Y/ I4 P: r, @7 s+ R1 p6 I$ V
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; O3 @# @6 n g% x/ _/ z0 PPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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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.6 @+ N! q8 Z( S$ r9 A5 {
' u( i+ G: _3 `' aJaffer 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." W& G: P* N P: `* ?0 p
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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:1 t* O$ M2 B s6 S+ w ?. x
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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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4 i7 Q* {% p6 L5 C7 l- r& FThe 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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" ?& V, w# j9 m" N) m; L: BThirty-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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