Quincy Promes, a forward for Spartak Moscow, was found guilty of drug trafficking by a Dutch court on Wednesday and given a six-year prison sentence in absentia.
Promes, a former international for the Netherlands, did not show up for court proceedings in Amsterdam and is not anticipated to return there anytime soon. Promes was involved in the smuggling of 1,360 kg of cocaine into the Netherlands in two shipments in 2020 through the port of Antwerp, Belgium, and the prosecution last month requested a nine-year sentence for him.
According to the court, phone tapping revealed Promes’ direct involvement in the drug shipments—which were concealed in shipments of Brazilian salt—and their subsequent transportation from the port. His attorneys told the Dutch daily AD Promes that he would file an appeal of the sentence because he contests the allegations that he imported, exported, transported, and owned the drugs.
The 32-year-old former forward for Ajax Amsterdam and Sevilla was found guilty of assault last year in absentia. The incident involved a fight in 2020 during which he stabbed his cousin in the knee. This is just one of several court cases involving Dutch courts.
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