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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
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& z, Z& Y/ S4 @ {. f" l9 jPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink8 l5 J+ ^, B$ P9 x: b: P2 N6 r- ?. l
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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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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." q* u1 V$ s& H
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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:! }4 R3 T- U9 m+ K2 f1 T( }5 p; r
& U1 W+ p1 b9 ^9 W% g' lOn 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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5 F+ G! j' s9 S! Q9 _The officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. 2 }1 C; X+ b7 f) C2 Y
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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.8 T0 [9 t& v5 i' w+ Y9 J {
# s7 n# [" K/ w2 ?. NJAFFER 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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