Quincy Promes' 6-year jail sentence for cocaine smuggling but star avoiding jail

14 February 2024 , 15:40

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Quincy Promes is now playing for Spartak Moscow. (Image: Getty Images)

Quincy Promes has been handed a six-year jail sentence after being found guilty of a role in a 1,350kg cocaine smuggling operation - but the “untouchable” former Netherlands international may not serve any time.

Promes, who did not attend his trial, currently plays for Spartak Moscow and there is no extradition agreement between his homeland and Russia.

The 32-year-old was charged last May over his alleged involvement in a smuggling operation that ended with two batches of cocaine, weighing 650kg and 713kg, being intercepted in Antwerp in January 2020.

Promes and a 32-year-old co-suspect have been found guilty of importing, exporting, transporting and possessing the drugs.

He has not made any statement in relation to the trial, with prosecutors telling Dutch media: “He seems to think he is untouchable in Russia or abroad.”

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The Public Prosecution Service said of the case: “The case came to light after the police Criminal Intelligence Team received information that the 32-year-old man who now lives in Russia was involved in the cocaine trade.

“He is also said to own crypto phones and has invested 200,000 euros in the trade. That information prompted an investigation to be launched. Eavesdropping equipment was placed in the suspect's car and the suspect was observed.

“The accuracy of the TCI information was confirmed, partly by seized telephones from others in which conversations were found in which the suspects also participated.

Quincy Promes during his time as an Ajax player. (Laurens Lindhout/Soccrates/Getty Images)

“Many chat messages made it clear that both suspects were involved in bringing in, removing and further transporting and selling these two consignments.”

Prosecutors initially demanded a nine-year sentence and alleged that Promes “normalises and almost romanticises the cocaine trade.”

Last summer he was handed an 18-month sentence after being found guilty of stabbing a cousin in the leg at a family warehouse party in 2020.

He was playing for Ajax at the time of the incident but joined Spartak in February 2021. Promes did not attend court for that trial either and as long as he remains in Russia is unlikely to serve any time.

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