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Ex-Dutch international Quincy Promes faces extradition after Dubai arrest
By Francesca Hangeior
Former Ajax and Netherlands footballer Quincy Promes, convicted last month of involvement in cocaine smuggling and sentenced to six years in prison, has been arrested in Dubai at the request of Dutch prosecutors seeking his extradition.
The 32-year-old is the subject of an international arrest warrant. According to several media reports he had been under house arrest since the beginning of March in a luxury hotel in Dubai.
Quincy Promes was also arrested almost two weeks ago in the same city for a “local offence” and not because of the Dutch case.
This time he was arrested based on a request issued to law enforcement agencies worldwide and “has been taken into custody thanks to the efforts of the authorities” in the Netherlands and UAE, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
“Netherlands will request the extradition of the man,” the statement added.
Quincy Promes, who now plays for Spartak Moscow, was convicted in absentia by a Dutch court on February 14 of smuggling more than one thousand kilogrammes of cocaine.
Dutch public newscaster NOS, quoting Russia media, said Promes was arrested on March 1 for leaving the scene of a traffic accident in Dubai.
He was believed to have been arrested at the airport as his club was flying out after a training camp.
Previous attempts to extradite him from Moscow have failed and judges at the Amsterdam District Court had issued a warrant for his arrest after he was sentenced.
The court said Quincy Promes had smuggled a total of 1,363 kilogrammes of cocaine from Brazil in 2020, through the Belgian port of Antwerp into the Netherlands with the help of an accomplice.
The drugs haul was stashed in bags of salt in containers on board a ship — later partially intercepted by customs officials.
In a separate case, Promes had already been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay compensation for stabbing his cousin over a stolen necklace.
Promes won 50 caps for the Netherlands, scoring seven goals, and was part of the side that lost to the Czech Republic in the last 16 at Euro 2020.
He has not worn the orange jersey since.
In 2021, he left the Dutch capital for Moscow and has played for Spartak ever since, following a previous stint from 2014-2018, during which he was named Russia’s footballer of the year.
Paris Saint-Germain needed a late dose of luck to beat Girona 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night.
The Ligue 1 champions toiled against the debutants at home for 88 minutes without finding the back of the net.
However, Nuno Mendes’ low cross was fumbled into his own net by goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga.
England Under-21 winger Jamie Gittens’ double set last year’s Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund on their way to a 3-0 victory at Club Brugge. Serhou Guirassy scored the third from the penalty spot.
Manchester City and Inter Milan played out a goalless draw at the Etihad.
In Scotland, Celtic thrashed Slovan Bratislava 5-1 to record their biggest win in the competition ever.
Eleven year old high rising Nigerian football star Hadriel Chukwuziterem Opara who has been attracting the attention of football coaches and scouts has been selected as one of the 12 players across Canada that will represent Elite X1 Canada in the prestigious NIKE powered Norwich City Mna Cup UK taking place from October 10-14, 2024.
According to the letter of invitation from the organisers, the tournament will enable the players engage in top level competition with 16 academy teams from renowned clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Sporting Lisbon and Norwich City.
The invitation letter also noted that the players will be exposed to world class facilities at Norwich City FC’s State-of-the – art Lotus training centre featuring advanced training environments like the exclusive Soccer Bot 360 system.
The organisers while stating that the tournament will enable the players showcase their talents on an international stage, assured that all the matches will be filmed, providing a valuable footage that could open doors to future opportunities.
Meanwhile Hadriel a Pepsi Academy product who has not hidden his intention of playing for the National U-15 team noted that he’s humbled by the invitation expressing hope that the programme will help him further improve his football skill.
WITH 41 gold, 27 silver , and 30 bronze medals totalling 98, Delta State has emerged the winner of the 8th edition of the National Youth Games ( NYG), tagged Asaba 2024.
Latest update of proceedings released on Wednesday night showed that Lagos State has outpaced erstwhile second placed Edo State with a total medals haul of 62, comprising 25 gold, 19 silver and 18 bronze medals respectively .
Edo State is placed third with 17 gold, 12 silver and 24 bronze medals respectively.
Ebonyi and Zamfara States could not land any medal to their credit during the games, according to the medals table update so far.
The NYG is expected to come to a close today (Thursday), with the closing ceremony at the Stephen Keshi international Stadium, Asaba, the Delta, Nigeria.
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