Dutch former footballer and current Spartak Moscow forward, Quincy Promes is set to face prosecution for cocaine smuggling and assault charges.
According to the Public Prosecution Service, Promes is accused along with another 31-year-old Dutchman of smuggling 1370kg of cocaine in two batches that were intercepted in Antwerp in 2020. His pre-trial hearing is scheduled for 5th June, in the Netherlands.
The 31-year-old former Ajax player isn’t just facing charges of cocaine smuggling but also assault after new evidence emerged regarding a stabbing incident.
Promes allegedly stabbed his cousin in the knee during a family event. Promes has denied the allegations initially, but police wiretaps have recordings of him confessing to the crime. The last part of this complicated case will take place next Monday.
The preliminary hearing will take place on 5th June, local media reported.
The player will not be present because of contractual obligations with his club, Dutch news agency ANP reported. The Russian Premier League season ends on Saturday.
In March, the Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office requested a two-year prison sentence for Promes for aggravated assault after he injured a cousin in the knee with a knife during a fight after a family reunion in Abcoude, near Amsterdam, in July 2020.
Promes was initially charged with attempted murder, but after interviewing witnesses, the public prosecutor concluded that there was no evidence to establish that his aim was to kill the victim.
The Amsterdam-born Dutch international was playing for Ajax at the time of the incident.
He returned to Spartak Moscow in early 2021, where he had already played four seasons from 2014 to 2018. He has also had spells at Sevilla and at Twente.
Promes has won 50 international caps, the last of them coming off the bench as the Netherlands were eliminated by the Czech Republic in the last 16 in Euro 2020. He has not been selected since.
