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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
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/ H7 a% f( G( k# [- J) LPosted 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.. r5 E( [, t! ^8 _$ j
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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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4 ~4 I1 N9 S. v, PThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:3 C& k8 |: Q/ k6 K, {8 G3 l
. |4 h8 _7 M+ k5 b% G7 \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. ( v* T- p: E7 d3 O7 n2 z
6 m8 G9 X! G |: [The 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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, i' j w4 w2 S) r0 E* ?% |6 s5 \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., }0 |6 y A+ @' n U8 X) a! U
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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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