Spartak Moscow’s Quincy Promes Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking
Dutch international attacker Quincy Promes, who currently plays for Spartak Moscow, has been sentenced to six years in prison by a court in the Netherlands for drug trafficking. The court found him guilty of facilitating the shipment of 1,363 kilos of cocaine from Brazil to the Belgian port of Antwerp and then to the Netherlands in 2020. The extradition demands requested by Dutch justice to Russia were also attended to in this case.
The judges based their decision on intercepted conversations and encrypted messages that Promes sent under the pseudonym ‘Fantasma’. This is not the first time that Promes has been in trouble with the law – in June of last year, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for “attempted involuntary manslaughter” after stabbing a cousin during a family celebration.
In other news related to football violence, a group of Colombian fans were detained in Spain after an altercation with Deportivo fans. The incident took place after a match against Iran in the city of Valencia. The Colombian fans were reportedly carrying a flag with the image of a deceased individual, which sparked a fight between the two groups. Bladed weapons and blunt objects were used in the attack, and belongings of rival fans were stolen, including the aforementioned flag and personal items.
The detainees are suspected of robbery with violence and a hate crime and were provisionally released after testifying before a judge. This information comes from AFP.