 鲜花( 77)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession5 _6 \1 S4 B5 m3 \+ ?" F2 p8 V! Y
Posted in Political Bytes. L' q6 ]7 A% C @5 u/ _
; p& S" K. d! P' J
Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
" u# Z8 d ^0 ~ 7 U. p0 ]2 ]5 j& t, G+ Q- b$ p
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.
4 q% N% M0 a4 ?% G+ P5 q) \* A! G, h5 P6 }/ J9 S2 _% I. h
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." k# T# }, _2 f# {' D$ Q
' \* [) z+ [; T% }/ b% i
The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:
4 g9 u) E. e$ M H3 G' X4 w& ?6 ~, C U; S1 Q& B
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. 8 [" ~ G0 ~. c+ _% J1 K
& C) ]& H7 `/ }# ~+ c2 u& q9 E, AThe officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted.
1 ?* }- r- f& W, y& u m! `
7 i. o: c% ?; k" O3 SThirty-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.
$ B% V% t- E# j' i5 j' Y
" n1 @; k. b/ y" WJAFFER 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. |
|