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A ton of cocaine smuggled: Convict Quincy Promes before extradition to the Netherlands
Quincy Promes from the Netherlands plays the ball. The professional footballer was sentenced in absentia by a court in Amsterdam to six years in prison for cocaine smuggling. He is now to be extradited from the United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands.
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Dutch professional footballer Quincy Promes was convicted of cocaine smuggling. The 50-time national player was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison by a court in Amsterdam in mid-February. Now he is to be extradited to Amsterdam.
Dutch professional footballer Quincy, convicted of cocaine smuggling Promes, who was arrested in Dubai allegedly for another offense, is to be extradited to his home country. As several Dutch media reported on Wednesday evening, the Netherlands will request the extradition of the 32-year-old Spartak Moscow attacker. The Amsterdam public prosecutor’s office confirmed this.
The 50-time national player was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison by a court in Amsterdam in mid-February. The court found it proven that he was involved in smuggling around 1,350 kilograms of cocaine through the port of Antwerp in January 2020. A second defendant, a cousin of Promes, was also sentenced to six years in prison.
Quincy Promes arrested while planning to leave with teammates
Promes, who was in Dubai for a training camp with his club, is said to have been involved in a traffic accident there a few weeks ago and then fled the scene of the accident. When he planned to leave the country with his teammates, he was arrested at the airport.