Former Netherlands winger Quincy Promes might be imprisoned for 9 years as his drug trafficking case nears its conclusion.
Promes, 32, has been implicated in a smuggling operation that noticed nearly 1,400 kilograms of cocaine snuck into Antwerp whereas he was on the books with Eredivisie giants Ajax. The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) really helpful on Wednesday that Promes be convicted primarily based on the proof supplied after the footballer’s telephone was tapped as a part of an investigation.
The former Sevilla and Twente star – who’s at present in his second stint with Russian outfit Spartak Moscow – is alleged to have finished enterprise with main drug traffickers and had a “crucial, directing and coordinating role” within the operation, per NL Times. In January 2020, customs authorities intercepted a cargo containing 650 kilos of cocaine after it was taken off a ship on the port of Antwerp, then pulled off one other package deal of the Class A drug weighing 712 kilos.
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It’s alleged Promes and a relative named Marylio V. (although not a direct member of the family) had been “intensively involved” within the enterprise. And Promes is even mentioned to have been the extra distinguished get together after investing within the smuggling utilizing his soccer riches as funds.
The Spartak star – who continues to play for the workforce and has captained the aspect on quite a few events this season – is believed to have participated in encrypted textual content messaging, the place he glided by the pseudonym ‘Fantasma’. However, the defence workforce have denied these accusations of their defence of Promes, who was beforehand linked to Liverpool and different European powerhouses.
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Addressing rumours concerning a possible transfer in 2017, Promes – who was in his first Spartak Moscow spell on the time – mentioned Dutch compatriot Georginio Wijnaldum needed to reunite at Anfield, per the Liverpool Echo: “Yes, he says he wants me [at Liverpool], because he likes me as a player.
“That’s what he said. I talked with him, of course. But it wasn’t about Liverpool. We’re just friends. I repeat: everyone who knows me understands what I think, and fans of Spartak know and remember what I said. So I do not understand why this issue is discussed at all.”
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While Marylio V. has been in Dutch custody since April 2023, Promes has continued his profession as regular, owing to the actual fact Russia has no extradition treaty with the Netherlands. He was absent for Wednesday’s courtroom date, as he was throughout a earlier case that noticed him sentenced to 18 months in jail for stabbing his cousin within the knee throughout a July 2020 get together.
“He [Promes] seems to think he is untouchable in Russia or abroad,” mentioned the prosecutor on Wednesday. It’s understood the Dutch courtroom will problem a ruling on February 14.