Spartak Moscow ahead Quincy Promes has been arrested in Dubai on the Netherlands’ request, after he was sentenced final month to 6 years in jail for drug trafficking.
Dutch prosecutors stated on Wednesday morning that they’ll ask for the extradition of the previous Netherlands worldwide. Promes didn’t attend courtroom hearings for his case in Amsterdam and was not anticipated to return to the nation for the foreseeable future.
Prosecutors stated that Promes, who has earned 50 caps for the Netherlands, was arrested on a pink discover. This serves as a worldwide request to legislation enforcement companies to find and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition.
An announcement from the Amsterdam public prosecution service learn: “The arrested man was reportedly staying in luxurious in Dubai in response to varied media studies. Nevertheless, he has been taken into custody due to the efforts of the authorities in each international locations. Right now, it’s not potential to offer further data to keep away from disruption of the continuing investigation.”
In February, Promes was sentenced in his absence to 6 years in jail by a Dutch courtroom for his involvement in smuggling 1,350kgs of cocaine.
He was accused of being concerned within the smuggling of two cocaine shipments into the Belgian port of Antwerp through the Cap San Nicolas container vessel in January 2020.
The primary cargo was hid inside sacks of salt and consisted of 650 blocks of cocaine. The second cargo, intercepted by Belgian police, featured a brand of a tiger and weighed 712kgs.
Promes has denied any involvement. Initially, prosecutors sought a nine-year jail sentence, however the courtroom rejected their request, citing reliance on earlier circumstances with harsher punishments.
In an announcement, representatives of Promes, Cleerdin & Hamer Advocaten, acknowledged that they’ve appealed the courtroom’s verdict on behalf of their shopper.
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It learn: “Quincy Promes has at all times denied having been concerned within the info alleged by the courtroom. Now we have due to this fact appealed the Amsterdam courtroom’s verdict on Promes’ behalf. This week we additionally submitted our grievances towards the decision to the Amsterdam Court docket of Attraction in an in depth written submission. In doing so, the defence additionally submitted a number of new requests for investigation to the Amsterdam Court docket of Attraction.
“Because of this the decision of the Amsterdam Court docket of Attraction isn’t ultimate. The alleged position of Promes on this case will likely be fully reassessed by the Amsterdam Court docket of Attraction. It isn’t but foreseeable when the enchantment proceedings within the Netherlands will likely be accomplished. Thereafter, there may be additionally the likelihood for the prosecution and the defence to enchantment in cassation to the Supreme Court docket of the Netherlands.
“Within the United Arab Emirates, the extradition process will now must be accomplished. We word that an unbiased choose in Dubai will now determine on the Dutch request for extradition. Typically, an extradition process can take fairly a while and has many formal steps and necessities. That is customary within the Netherlands as properly. The result and period of the extradition process can’t be predicted presently.”
The previous Ajax and Sevilla winger was additionally beforehand discovered responsible in his absence and sentenced to 18 months in jail for stabbing his cousin at a household occasion. He has denied all expenses.
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