The first batch included 650 bricks of cocaine weighing one kilogram each. It revolves around the attempt to import two shipments of cocaine via the Westerschelde and the Port of Antwerp in January 2020. The Porto case involves Promes, 31, and 31-year-old co-defendant Marylio V. His representation has also said they fear he will be taken into custody if he shows up for questioning by investigators. Promes currently plays football in Russia, and thus far has claimed he cannot attend the hearings due to contractual obligations. Earlier in the day, prosecutors in a separate case demanded Promes spend two years in prison for allegedly stabbing his cousin. It was the first session in the Porto proceedings, the nickname given to the international drug trafficking case being heard by the District Court in Amsterdam. He joined Amsterdam's Ajax in 2019 from Sevilla in a 15 million-euro ($16.4 million) transfer, before going back to Spartak in 2021, where he was named Russia's footballer of the year in 2017 during a previous spell.Professional football player Quincy Promes lost a portion of the cocaine he was attempting to traffic, as one of the consignments he invested in was partly caught by Belgian authorities, alleged the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) in court on Monday afternoon. Promes has been capped 50 times, scoring seven goals, and was part of the national team at the Euro 2020 championships, played in 2021 due to Covid, but has not worn the orange jersey since. Prosecutors said it was "premature" to seek his extradition. Promes was charged in May with importing several hundred kilos of cocaine through the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2020. The stabbing investigation was triggered by intercepted phone calls from a separate probe into a drug-smuggling case involving Promes. The appeal would focus on phone taps, Malewicz said. We will study the verdict carefully, but he has already asked us to appeal." "Our client has asked us to appeal," his lawyer Robert Malewicz was quoted as saying by Dutch news agency ANP. Prosecutors, who had demanded a two-year sentence, last year dropped a charge of attempted murder against Promes. "The court also blames the suspect for not taking any responsibility for his act." "The court took into account that the suspect is a professional football player and well-known Dutchman, and therefore has an exemplary function," the court said in a statement. Promes stabbed his cousin in the leg at the end of a family birthday party in 2020 in a row over a stolen necklace, the court found.Īnyone convicted of the offence would normally get a sentence of at least a year but Promes got a heavier jail term because of his public profile, it said. His lawyer said the "disappointed" Promes would appeal. The Spartak Moscow forward, 31, who pleaded not guilty, was not in court in Amsterdam for the sentencing as he currently lives in Russia. The Hague, 19 June - A Dutch court sentenced former Netherlands international footballer Quincy Promes to 18 months in jail Monday for stabbing his cousin at a family party.
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