Dutch Footballer Quincy Promes Extradited From Dubai To Serve Prison Sentence

Dutch footballer Quincy Promes has been extradited from Dubai to the Netherlands to serve a seven-and-a-half year prison sentence for his involvement in smuggling over a ton of cocaine from Brazil to the Netherlands in 2020, along with an 18-month sentence for stabbing his cousin. Promes, who has denied all charges and currently has both convictions under appeal, was sentenced in absentia last year and had been living in Russia and later Dubai while evading justice. The 33-year-old former Ajax and Sevilla player earned 50 caps for the Dutch national team, scoring seven goals before his legal troubles ended his international career. After his arrest in Dubai last year, where he had been playing for a second-tier club, he was detained at the request of Dutch authorities. It remains undecided where in the Netherlands Promes will serve his sentence. His football career included stints at Twente, Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, and Ajax before his move to Dubai United in 2024.