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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession
6 N/ `2 f/ v- S" m3 R, Z5 VPosted in Political Bytes
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4 I8 Y/ y* w: J: ?! o! @Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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4 ~# a: g" U- lRahim 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 Z' x( W5 J. ?+ \ `% }, [
$ N, }) E$ ~! d1 j# E2 F" d# gJaffer 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 @% Z+ F! n/ C% U9 _5 }The Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:
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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. 9 V) j7 q' ^6 Z. x0 j
2 Y) y/ ?: T' v( ?# B0 r5 BThe 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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) g) C1 I$ I# A: c# c! A' ?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.$ A; q# w$ g' `: Z3 O* j6 e& G
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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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