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Beer was the weapon of choice on the long weekend after a more-than-four-hour standoff in a brewery parking lot that police say caused $117,000 damage.

Ten police officers and the emergency-response unit were called to the Labatt Brewery in London Sunday evening after reports that a man had broken into a secured parking lot and into a trailer filled with Budweiser and Alexander Keith’s.

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The man threw beer bottles at officers and tried to set the trailer ablaze, London Const. Chris Loizides said. “We tried to coax him out,” Loizides said.

Police eventually subdued the man, using a stun gun because he was kicking at them, Loizides said.

No officers were hurt, but there was a massive amount of damage, he said.

The standoff, which began about 9:30 pm Sunday, ended at 2 a.m. Monday.

John Buce, 29, of no fixed address, is charged with assaulting a peace officer, break and enter, arson and causing mischief valued at more than $5,000.