Spartak Moscow footballer, Dutch-birthed Quincy Promes, was punished in absentia to 6 years behind bars by a court in the Netherlands on Wednesday for his participation in a system to smuggle greater than a thousand kgs of cocaine right into his home nation.

The Amsterdam District Court located that Promes, 32, was complicit in the trafficking of 1,360kg of the numbing in 2 different deliveries from Brazil in 2020, with the Belgian port of Antwerp right into the Netherlands in 2020. Promes, that stays in Moscow, was convicted and punished in absentia in the Dutch resources.

He is not anticipated to go back to the Netherlands in the future, and dangers apprehension if he leaves Russia since of a warrant provided by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service.

Prosecutors, that looked for a nine-year sentence, claimed in court that monitoring had actually described Promes’ straight participation in the transport of the cocaine, which had actually been concealed in deliveries of sea salt. A co-suspect likewise obtained a six-year sentence.

Promes has actually refuted all fees versus him, and his lawful group informed Dutch media that their customer plans to appeal the sentence.

In its decision, Amsterdam District Court castigated Promes for obtaining associated with medicine smuggling regardless of his standing as a well-paid specialist footballer.

“This makes it even more objectionable that the suspect tries to increase his wealth (and also possibly his prestige in certain circles) through involvement in international drug transports,” the court claimed.

Local media records state that Promes was at first recognized as a suspect after a telephone made use of in the trafficking procedure was connected to the footballer making use of place information.

In a different instance in 2014, the previous Sevilla and Ajax gamer was punished by a Dutch court, likewise in absentia, to 18 months behind bars after he was located to have actually stabbed his relative. Promes consequently submitted a charm.

Generally considered as one of the standout gamers in the Russian Premier League, Promes has actually made greater than 200 looks for Spartak Moscow throughout 2 spells with the Russian titans, racking up greater than 110 objectives.

In enhancement to his Russian Premier League champions medal from 2016-17, Promes was picked by followers as the organization’s finest gamer in the 2021-22 period. He has actually won 50 caps for the Netherlands nationwide group.