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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession& h$ A- g% E. f% n
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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' w& h% Z! e& t$ K* tRahim 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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# r5 O0 i/ h5 ^2 n$ OJaffer 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 u, I% R8 W: c
5 E6 m; p. k& E6 i( f4 ^The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:+ t( O8 x9 y3 ?8 u, Z8 y
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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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8 \, m( p2 L! ?5 P9 ^ U; E" tThe officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. " B2 n) U9 `* }% G4 c
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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.& R- i' h9 _" L6 V) l
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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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