Quincy Promes Extradited to Netherlands for Prison Term

Dutch footballer Quincy Promes, who earned 50 international caps and played for Ajax and Spartak Moscow, has been extradited from Dubai to the Netherlands to serve a combined seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence for cocaine trafficking and aggravated assault. Promes was convicted in absentia for smuggling over 1,300 kilograms of cocaine from Brazil to the Netherlands via Belgium in 2020, receiving a six-year sentence, and was sentenced to 18 months for stabbing his cousin during a family altercation that same year. He denied all charges and has filed appeals, with both convictions currently under appeal. Authorities presented evidence including eyewitness testimony, encrypted communications, and intercepted phone calls. The extradition involved heightened security due to safety concerns, following his arrest in Dubai at the request of Dutch prosecutors. If his appeals are unsuccessful, Promes is expected to remain imprisoned until at least 2030, with the possibility of parole.