The TSA is raising cane!
A geezer flier was busted at JFK for trying to slip a cane sword past a security checkpoint — and now the agency is on high alert for the hidden weaponry.
The TSA on Friday tweeted out a cheesy instructional video warning travelers they may accidentally be hiding a “sword or a dagger” inside their walking canes.
“Our national airport checkpoints screen hundreds of canes like this every day,” officer Karen Robichaux proclaims in the video, holding up one of the deadly sticks.
“If you use one of these on your way to catch your flight, you already know it must be cleared through an X-ray before you can use it to steady yourself down the concourse,” she adds, explaining some canes are sold with removable blades inside.
“But if you are using an antique or gently used cane purchased at a garage sale, antique shop, consignment shop — or even if you received it as a gift — you may want to give the handle a twist and inspection,” Robichaux says, offering a quick demo on how to twist the handle of a cane.
“It may save you time and inconvenience at the airport . . . So remember: Always twist and inspect,” she concludes.
The video was tweeted by TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein after Martin Berchenko, 66, of Bellrose, Queens, was arrested for carrying one of the sword-canes at JFK airport at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, law enforcement sources said.
“#TSA at #JFK caught a sword concealed inside a traveler’s cane at a checkpoint yesterday. That’ll get you arrested,” Farbstein tweeted, along with a photo. Asked about it later, she claimed she had no details of the arrest or weapon seizure.
Berchenko, who had planned to board a flight to Brussels, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and released with a desk appearance ticket.
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