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A high-end car dealership employee is recovering after allegedly consuming what police determined was engine coolant poured into his water bottle.

The incident took place Tuesday, but the employee of the BMW dealership near Don Valley Pkwy. and Eastern Ave. consumed the liquid Thursday around 10 p.m., Toronto Police allege.

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“He realized the contents in the water bottle was not water and then immediately went into a pharmacy and got some medication and had himself checked into a hospital, where they conducted a number of tests,” said Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu. “He was cleared later that day with non-life-threatening injuries.”

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Sidhu said investigators reviewed security camera footage at the dealership and found two men allegedly took the employee’s water bottle, “poured contents of what police believe to be engine coolant into the water bottle and then placed that water bottle back into the service area, where the man later on consumed the contents.”

Sidhu said it doesn’t appear this incident was a prank.

Rahim Jaffer, a 34-year-old superior of the employee who lives in Toronto, was arrested and faces a charge of administering a noxious thing.

A second employee, who police have identified, is sought but the suspect’s name was not immediately released.

The investigation is ongoing.

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