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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession) B9 @. c+ C9 o1 X3 v0 @* e1 F
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& W5 l& R" C; f* P8 KPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink- X$ X; F8 I# d# i5 V0 m
# g# x: T" \6 qRahim 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.
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The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:2 J% w1 L: H z1 \4 L' q
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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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( R! U& B. B' W3 R7 [" W- sThe officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. 6 `0 C- k2 v5 w$ h+ [$ q7 \4 J+ W/ L
( k t" O8 C2 o3 e% ~" ~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.6 T9 w6 Z' B; q+ p
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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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