2023-05-31 13:02:11
Quincy Promes, who played for Sevilla in the 2018-2019 season, is being prosecuted in the Netherlands for importing 1,300 kilos of cocaine worth 75 million euros. As reported this Tuesday by the Dutch Prosecutor’s Office, the shipment (two batches of 650 and 713 kilos respectively) was intercepted at the port of Antwerp, in Belgium, the second largest in Europe where millions of containers pass each year, by the which has become one of the main gateways for narcotics to the continent. The preliminary hearing of the case will take place next Monday, June 5, a day in which the allegations of his lawyer will also be heard.
It is not the first time that Promes has been accused of committing a crime. In March, the Dutch Prosecutor’s Office was already asking for two years in prison for the Russian Spartak Moscow player after he was accused of stabbing his cousin in the knee at a family party in July 2020. The formal indictment presented by the The prosecution in this case was that of serious assault, ruling out attempted murder, since there was not enough evidence to establish that the aim was to kill the victim. The footballer has denied the attack, but in telephone conversations intercepted by the police he can be heard confessing to the stabbing, according to the Dutch public ministry.
Ajax, the team for which Quincy Promes was playing at the time of the incident, sold him months later to Spartak Moscow for a total of 8.5 million euros plus variables, almost half of the 15.7 million more variables than he paid at the time at Sevilla. Now, with a contract in force until June 30, 2024, his situation contrasts with the good performance he has had on the pitch with the Russian team: he has scored 25 goals and provided 10 assists in the 36 games he has played this season, and is one of the top scorers in the competition, surpassed only by an old Barça acquaintance, the Brazilian Malcom.
Despite his good sporting performance, the career of the 31-year-old Dutch forward is marked by a delicate personal situation, pending whether he will have to go to prison for any of the crimes he is accused of.
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