High-risk sex offender Christopher Schafer was arrested in Vancouver Friday, after failing to return to his residential correctional facility .
Vancouver police issued a Canada-wide warrant for 40-year-old Schafer on Oct. 26.
Schafer is a federal offender who has a long criminal history that includes break-and-enter, sexual offences, uttering threats, robbery and assaulting a peace officer, according to police. He has had his community release revoked on a number of occasions.
鈥淸Schafer] was not committing additional offences when he was apprehended,鈥� police said in a statement Friday.
Police have issued at least two other Canada-wide warrants for Schafer鈥檚 arrest in the past, including and .
Investigators will be looking into his whereabouts since disappearing more than two weeks ago.
ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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