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Former Netherlands soccer star Quincy Promes has been convicted of complicity in cocaine smuggling

  • Former Netherlands soccer star Quincy Promes has been convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for his involvement in cocaine smuggling. He was found guilty of complicity in smuggling 1,360kg of cocaine through the port of Antwerp in Belgium to the Netherlands.
  • The court determined, based on phone-tapping evidence, that Promes was directly involved with the shipments of drugs, which were hidden in shipments of salt from Brazil.
  • Promes, who lives in Moscow, did not attend his trial and is not expected to return to the Netherlands. He has filed an appeal against the sentence.
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The former Ajax and Sevilla player was allegedly involved in the trafficking of 1,350 kilograms of cocaine. The shipments traveled from Brazil to Antwerp. The Dutch court declared Quincy Promes in absentia for not cooperating

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The Spartak Moscow player smuggled more than a ton of cocaine into the Netherlands.

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Algemeen Dagblad broke the news in Amersfoort, Netherlands on Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
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