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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession: _! S. v9 E1 }
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/ T7 _ ]8 K% K8 p8 b* s7 aPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink/ W2 ?* S, \% e4 J( C1 j, k
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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.6 D+ L3 s7 x6 M" c; g( {5 ^
G2 J. u, r. S. B- }) K1 R$ AJaffer 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.1 {# ^) Z N1 }& L: }# A
3 o5 Q4 Q% z# bThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:4 L& e8 V$ a0 U* K3 q" k# u
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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. ; u/ M1 ]4 C, y* D7 \- e# F1 [
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The officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. : |/ A1 D9 I( I! |) y
+ Y4 L: [; i+ Q! GThirty-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.
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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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