Former Netherlands striker charged with cocaine trafficking

Dutch striker Quincy Promes, who plays for Spartak Moscow-RUS, is being prosecuted in the Netherlands for allegedly importing more than 1,300 kilos of cocaine intercepted in two shipments at the Belgian port of Antwerp in late January 2020, according to a report. this Tuesday (30) the Dutch Public Ministry.

These are two shipments of cocaine, one weighing around 650 kilos and the other weighing 713 kilos, which were intercepted by the Belgian port authorities more than three years ago, in a drug trafficking operation in which the Dutch prosecutor’s office accuses the player, according to the local newspaper”Het Parool” and later confirmed by the Public Ministry.

The former Dutch national team player is suspected of drug trafficking and participation in a criminal organization in a lawsuit whose preliminary hearing is scheduled for next Monday (5), the day on which the explanations of his lawyer, Robert Malevicz, will also be heard. about this case.

Furthermore, in mid-March, the Dutch public prosecutor’s office reopened another criminal investigation against the 31-year-old for “serious assault” after stabbing his cousin in the knee at a family party in July 2020, although it ruled out attempted murder because, noted, there is not enough evidence to establish that the perpetrator’s objective was “to kill the victim”.

Promes allegedly attacked his cousin with a knife, hitting a tendon and causing “severe knee injuries” and trouble walking for a long time, and he still can’t run or squat and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

The player has always denied attacking his cousin, but in telephone conversations overheard by the police, he can be heard confessing to the stabbing, according to the Public Ministry.

Ajax, the team for which the striker played when he was arrested in 2020, sold him two months later to Spartak Moscow for €8.5 million.