David Mendes da Silva has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and drug trafficking. That reported the Telegraph Saturday about the 40-year-old former Ajax player and AZ player. He will be presented on Monday to the examining magistrate, who must consider a possible extension of his pre-trial detention.
The Public Prosecution Service cannot confirm to the NOS that it is Mendes da Silva. They can only confirm that ‘a 40-year-old man has been arrested in an investigation into criminal activity’.
The former football player was arrested on Thursday at his birthday party, Mendes da Silva ran into the lamp because he withdrew a lot of cash in recent weeks. In addition to Ajax and AZ, with which he became champion in 2009, Mendes da Silva played for Sparta and NAC Breda, among others.