Police arrested a 63-year-old Swiss man for allegedly cracking a bomb joke at the Siargao Domestic Airport on Tuesday, March 5.
The suspect, Pet, who was about to leave the island after a vacation, uttered a bomb joke twice while at the airport in Barangay Sayak, Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte.
He was overheard by the duty Passenger Service Agent, prompting her to report him to the airport police.
Police inspected the airport and checked the baggage of passengers. No explosives were found after a thorough search.
Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John Kraft, Police Regional Office-13 director, reminded passengers never to utter bomb jokes in any airport in the country.
Kraft said the 63-year-old Swiss from Schweiz, Switzerland faces a case for violation of Presidential Decree No. 1727.
“May this incident serve as a reminder that any person who makes such bomb jokes will surely face legal consequences. We remind the passengers that making bomb jokes at the airport or inside the airplane is strictly prohibited,” Kraft said.