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High-risk sex offender, Christopher Schafer, taken into custody in Vancouver

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for high-risk sex offender Christopher Schafer.
A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for high-risk sex offender Christopher Schafer. Anybody who sees him is asked to call 9-1-1.

Vancouver police say high-risk sex offender, Christopher Schafer, has been taken into custody in Vancouver.

Schafer, 40, was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after not returning to a Vancouver residential correctional facility on Oct. 26.

Police say he not committing additional offences when he was apprehended.

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Investigators will be looking into Schafer’s whereabouts since Oct. 26.

He has a long criminal history of sexual offences, break-and-enter, and robbery.

It’s not the first time police have issued a nationwide warrant for Schafer.

He was apprehended this past July as well as in December 2016, for also failing to return by curfew.

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