The Public Prosecution Service (OM) recommended that professional football player Quincy Promes be convicted on allegations that he was involved in the large-scale smuggling of cocaine through the Antwerp port. The OM said on Wednesday the Amsterdam District Court should order Promes to serve nine years in prison. His attorney said the prosecution did not have enough evidence to convict Promes. The court will issue a ruling on February 14.
The 32-year-old Promes was not present at his trial. The former Ajax and Dutch international player currently plays for Spartak Moscow. The OM tried in vain to get him to the Netherlands. Due to his absence, Promes has not testified as to “how such a successful footballer allowed himself to be drawn so deeply into crime,” the prosecutor said in the Amsterdam courtroom on Wednesday.
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