The incident involving the 10 Jamaicans who went missing in The Bahamas in March has taken a new twist, THE WEEKEND STAR understands.

A 36-year-old Turkish man revealed to our news team last week that two of his relatives went missing on the same day the 10 Jamaicans went missing, and he fears that the men were abducted for the underground kidney racket.

Nyes Gunus reasoned with THE WEEKEND STAR that his nephew, 24-year-old Veysi Oral, and his cousin, Huseyin Oskan, 33, are reported missing with the 10 Jamaicans in The Bahamas.

In March, 10 Jamaican men, according to reports, set off by boat from Freeport, Bahamas, on Friday, March 9, destined for Miami. They have not been seen or heard from since. Interestingly, there have been no reports of accidents from the US or Bahamian authorities.

Gunus, who now resides in Canada, said he has information that the Jamaicans made it to The Bahamas, however, they may have fallen in the same trap as his two relatives.

He said that his relatives unfortunately left Turkey for The Bahamas and wanted to go to Miami illegally for a better life.

Gunus also said that he was on vacation in The Bahamas earlier this year, and he was approached by a man who wanted him to convince his relatives to sell their kidneys for US$5,000 (J$445,000) however, he said that he was told by the man that whether or not he agreed, his relatives would be in danger.

THE WEEKEND STAR understands that not long after disagreeing to get the illegal job done, his two relatives went missing along with the 10 Jamaicans.

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"I need help for my relatives because their families back home are crying for them and I know that the Jamaican families are crying too. I have explained all that I know to the police in The Bahamas and all they say is that they are investigating. I have checked, there was no boat accident and my relatives are not in Miami, so what happen to these people. I believe that my relatives were kidnapped with the 10 Jamaicans on March 9, and they are all together,"

THE WEEKEND STAR understands that the kidney transplant illegal trade is a flourishing business. In China, for example, kidney traffickers get little over US$3,000 (J$270,000) which is just a 10th of the money that transplant patients pay for the procedure.

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Arnaldo Brown, told THE WEEKEND STAR yesterday that there are no new developments in the matter, and he is not aware of the new twist to the incident.

"There is nothing new, personally, I have not received any new information. What I know is that formal contact has been made through the diplomatic channels and the matter is now a police matter," the state minister said.