Quincy Promes, current Spartak Moscow player and former Sevilla footballer, has been sentenced to six years in prison for his involvement in the trafficking of approximately 1,360 kilos of cocaine in two shipments that traveled from Brazil to the Belgian port of Antwerp in January 2020, as reported this Wednesday by the Amsterdam District Court.
The 32-year-old footballer, who is having a great season in Russia, has been sentenced, along with another person, to six years in prison for "importing, exporting, transporting and possessing 1,362.9 kilos of cocaine hidden in a shipment of salt." marine from Brazil" and "having distributed the drugs in two containers to move them by boat through the Western Scheldt (Dutch province of Zeeland) to the port of Antwerp". Although he is under an international arrest warrant, he has not been extradited by Russia so far.
The former Sevilla player did not participate in the judicial process because, according to his lawyers, he prioritizes his "work obligations" over the criminal investigation. Due to his lack of cooperation with the justice system, the police have not been able to interrogate him about the facts of which he is accused and the court has convicted him today in absentia based on the evidence collected, despite the fact that the defense has always denied the participation of your client.
The Criminal Intelligence Team (TCI) of the Dutch police received information indicating that Promes was involved in cocaine trafficking, possessed cryptographic phones and had invested 200,000 euros in the illegal business, so it decided to initiate a criminal investigation into the footballer. born in Amsterdam.
"Listening equipment was placed in the suspect's car and he was monitored. The veracity of TCI's information was confirmed, in part, by phones seized from other people in which conversations involving the suspects were found. "Many chat messages made it clear that both were involved in the entry, withdrawal, transportation and sale of these two shipments," the prosecutor's office said.
In addition, he considered that Promes "is at a high level in the organization, because he has money to invest in the illegal business." The drugs were removed from one of the containers at the end of January 2020, while the second shipment could be intercepted in time by the Belgian police.
This is not the first extra-sporting act that affects the Dutch international. Last year, the justice system in his country sentenced him to 18 months in prison and compensation of 7,000 euros for stabbing his cousin at a family party that took place in July 2020.
