Former Dutch national team player Quincy Promes has been handed a six-year prison sentence for his involvement in smuggling over 1,350kg of cocaine. Promes, aged 32 and currently playing for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League, was charged in May last year for his alleged role in the trafficking of cocaine valued at £65 million. Two separate shipments of 650kg and 713kg of cocaine were intercepted in the port of Antwerp in January 2020.

Reports from Voetbal International confirm Promes’ six-year prison term and suggest a potential appeal by the former Ajax forward. Notably, Promes was absent from the court hearing in Amsterdam and maintains his denial of involvement in the cocaine smuggling through the port of Antwerp.