The court sentences Quincy Promes to 6 years in prison for his role in the import of two shipments of cocaine. Co-suspect Marylio V. receives the same sentence. The two cousins are said to have imported two shipments of drugs via the port of Antwerp at the beginning of 2020. The first batch, hidden in a container with bags of salt, was never found. A second party was intercepted. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison.
“Cocaine poses a threat to public health and the large-scale trade in cocaine can be linked to very serious violent crimes. By importing these shipments of cocaine, Promes and Marylio V. have contributed to this damage,” the court said. “Promes has denied these matters and has not made a statement himself. He has not taken responsibility for what he did and provided insight into his motives. The fact that he did not make a statement because he wanted to avoid being detained does not excuse him.”
‘Phantasm’
The Public Prosecution Service demanded two weeks ago nine years in prison against Promes. During the hearing, the public prosecutor said that Promes could be linked to an account on the Sky messaging service called ‘Fantasma’. This is said to have emerged from digital data collected by a police observation team. Messages from others would also have stated that Promes was ‘Fantasma’. The former Ajax player is also said to have said that in addition to a normal telephone, he had another encrypted telephone for ‘business’. He would earn more from that than from football, he is said to have said. According to the court, it has been proven that this account belonged to Promes.
‘Soldier, lots of stripes’
During the hearing, the public prosecutor read a large number of messages that Promes and his cousin allegedly sent. For example, Promes is said to have eventually satisfied the extractors, who had been working in a warehouse in Belgium removing cocaine from a load of bags of salt, with ‘soldier, lots of stripes’. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the cousin also responded enthusiastically. However, profits are said to have been ‘halved’ by the intervention of Belgian customs. According to the Public Prosecution Service, 17,000 euros in cash was found in the cousin’s home.
The footballer, who has been playing for Spartak Moscow since 2021, has already been in prison for a year and a half got for stabbing his cousin, was not there again today. According to his lawyer, this is due to his work as a football player. If he were to come to the Netherlands, he would be stuck.
Promes’ lawyer announced afterwards that he would appeal against the ruling.