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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession: p/ b" e% n+ F. M
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; h8 O1 ~% X3 Y- J$ vPosted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink' }# N4 }# p" P( y
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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.0 E/ n5 f2 w0 l9 s( |
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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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+ V# d( F" d4 |: ]The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:
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2 v1 I' P% m0 n# d9 W- h6 W2 h0 gOn 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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1 d3 ?4 h- p1 k8 U# S& GThe officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. * ^+ G& e' u# B# t3 ]3 {$ z% ~- s
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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.
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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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