Ku itariki ya 2 Nyakanga 2025, umugabo w’Umunyasrilanka witwa Shehan yafashwe ku kibuga cy’indege cya Suvarnabhumi mu murwa mukuru wa Bangkok, nyuma yo gufatanwa inzoka eshatu za ball python yari yihishe mu myenda ye.
Abashinzwe umutekano ku kibuga cy’indege bakoresheje uburyo bwo gusaka umubiri (body search) nyuma yo kubona amakuru y’ubucuruzi bw’inyamaswa, maze basanga Shehan afite izi nzoka ziri mu mifuka y’imbere. Izi nzoka zari zifite agaciro gakomeye mu bucuruzi bw’inyamaswa, kuko ziri mu nyamaswa zifite uburinzi bukomeye ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Shehan yari afite amateka yo kugerageza gucuruza inyamaswa mu buryo butemewe n’amategeko. Mu mwaka wa 2024, yafashwe i Colombo mu gihugu cya Sri Lanka, aho yari afite inyamaswa zirimo intare ntoya, meerkats, cockatoos, sugar gliders, impyiko, na iguanas. Ibi byerekana ko yari afite imikorere mibi mu bijyanye n’ubucuruzi bw’inyamaswa.
Mu gihugu cya Thailand, gucuruza inyamaswa mu buryo butemewe n’amategeko bihanishwa ibihano bikomeye, birimo igifungo cy’umwaka umwe cyangwa amande angana na baht 20,000, cyangwa byombi. Ibi bihano bigamije kurinda inyamaswa no gukumira ubucuruzi bwazo mu buryo butemewe.
Iyi nkuru yerekana ko hakiriho imbogamizi mu kurwanya ubucuruzi bw’inyamaswa, ariko kandi igaragaza umuhate w’inzego zishinzwe kurengera inyamaswa mu gukumira no gufata abagerageza kubucuruza mu buryo butemewe.
