Former Ajax and Sevilla player Quincy Promes has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for his involvement in smuggling over 1,350 kilos of cocaine.
The Dutchman pleaded guilty to being involved in the importation of more than 1,300 kg of cocaine. The value of the goods is estimated at €75 million.
Promes was charged last May over his alleged involvement in smuggling the cocaine, which was intercepted in Antwerp in January 2020 in the form of two batches of 650kg and 713kg each.
Now, the Public Prosecution Service has officially found Promes and a 32-year-old co-suspect, guilty of importing, exporting, transporting, and possessing the drugs.
It is alleged the cocaine was hidden in a shipment of sea salt from Brazil, where the drugs were transported in two containers to Antwerp.
Promes, who was absent from his trial and remained in Russia where he plays for Spartak Moscow, played 50 times for his country.
The Dutch court ruled that Promes was involved in a shipment of 1,350 kilos of cocaine transported from Brazil to Belgium in 2020
The 32-year-old played in Sevilla, in Ajax and was in the Netherlands Squad for Euro 2020
