Promes extradited to Netherlands to serve prison sentence

Former Ajax winger Quincy Promes has been extradited to the Netherlands, where he will serve a seven-and-a-half year prison sentence for drug trafficking and aggravated assault.

The 33-year-old was arrested in Dubai last week following a request by the Dutch police.

Promes, capped 50 times for the Netherlands, was sentenced to six years in jail in February 2024 for his part in smuggling more than a tonne of cocaine into the Netherlands from Belgium in 2020.

He had previously been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing his cousin in the knee at a family gathering in 2020 but is yet to serve any time in prison for either of the crimes.

A spokesperson for the prosecutors has confirmed that the Dutchman has now returned to the Netherlands.

Promes denies the charges and has filed appeals in both cases.