An Amsterdam court found 32-year-old Spartak football player Quincy Promes guilty of smuggling. He faces 6 years in prison — he has now been sentenced in absentia, writes RIA Novosti Sport.
What is Quincy Promes accused of?
According to the agency, Quincy Promes is accused of smuggling 1,370 kilograms of cocaine, so an Amsterdam court sentenced him in absentia to six years in prison. The investigation suggests that the athlete led a large group of smugglers. At the same time, the footballer is currently at training camp in the UAE.
It is reported that he was the one who negotiated with the drug trafficker under the pseudonym Fantasma and was on all six flights of the plane that was used to smuggle the banned substance. The investigation provided telephone records confirming this. The footballer denies guilt, his lawyer said. At the same time, Uncle Promes has already been sentenced to 6 years under the same article.
When did the case start?
Let us remind you that Promes has been playing for the Moscow club since 2014. In 2020, police intercepted two shipments of the drug weighing about 1,370 kilograms in Antwerp.