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Rob Ford is more than 4,000 kilometres away from his home base — and his running battle with Toronto’s top cop — but he’s still having trouble with police.

Shortly after Twitter users reported spotting the Toronto mayor in Coquitlam, he got a ticket for jaywalking after crossing North Road — and he’s not happy about it.

A photo of Rob Ford tonight, during the time he was reportedly being ticketed for jaywalking and public intoxication. http://t.co/Q7yTo76SPE —

Justin McElroy (@j_mcelroy) February 01, 2014

“I am perplexed,” Ford told the Toronto Sun’s Joe Warmington, one of the few reporters the mayor still speaks to one-on-one.

The ticket was reportedly for $109.

Ford denied that he also got a ticket for public intoxication. Global BC, which had earlier posted a witness account saying that he had gotten a ticket for public intoxication later updated its story after the witness retracted the statement.

The RCMP has refused to comment on the incident.

“As there is no public safety issue in this matter, we are unable to confirm or deny anything,” A RCMP regional duty officer told Global News. “In a situation where there is a celebrity involved, that is the policy.”

“All I have had here is a diet coke,” Ford told Warmington. He also wondered aloud if they targeted him “because I am a Bronco’s fan?”

“What a waste of taxpayers money.”

Rob Ford’s press secretary, Amin Massoudi, confirmed that the mayor received a ticket for jay walking Friday night. “He did not receive any other tickets or citations,” he wrote in an email to the Post.

The mayor posed for photos with spectators at the Shell station while the police were still on the scene.

“He basically let everybody take pictures with him,” Michael Spencer told the Vancouver Sun. “He was kinda saying ‘I might get in trouble with this'” from the police officers.