{"id":115999,"date":"2020-08-27T20:35:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=115999"},"modified":"2020-08-27T20:35:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:35:32","slug":"slain-customs-inspector-nigel-christian-laid-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/slain-customs-inspector-nigel-christian-laid-to-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Slain Customs Inspector Nigel Christian laid to rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3464232168\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Employees of the Customs Department turned out in their numbers today to bid farewell to their slain colleague Nigel Christian.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3249339365\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, 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