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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession/ P, N* f( [- B4 `9 C
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink+ I1 k, V. t: _5 q) P, }* {
+ c2 T2 J4 \0 |6 F# DRahim 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. Z. Q' {7 l7 N! f$ t- g( H/ @% a
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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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, d( w/ x2 k" D- W# L' T. v9 hThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:4 J7 Z" ^2 J7 z9 C( n! n5 ]/ J( p
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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 v- P' X; J$ H# G Z
' o6 c0 [% u0 a2 Z+ aThe 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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' y, V# G& v3 u4 p' fThirty-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.4 @5 s" u. p$ M5 \+ D4 L) a
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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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