The verdict has arrived. Quincy Promes, striker of Spartak Moscow, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison by the Amsterdam court for drug trafficking. The court found that the former Dutch international was involved in the trafficking of about 1,350 kilograms of cocaine through the port of Antwerp in January 2020.
Quincy Promes risks 9 years in prison. «He imported 1300 kilograms of cocaine»
Promes did not appear in court. Russia, the country where the player is currently playing, does not have an extradition treaty with the Netherlands. The 32-year-old footballer did not make any statements to the court but through his lawyers, claiming to be innocent. An appeal is expected after the sentence issued by the Amsterdam court. The sentence was 6 years, after the prosecution had previously requested 9 years in prison. The events date back to when Promes played in Ajax, before his return to Moscow. Last year he had been sentenced to 18 months for assault, specifically in relation to a stabbing that occurred in 2020. In that case, Promes had appealed. Now the new sentence that could definitively end the football career of the Dutch talent.
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