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Quincy Promes asks to avoid prison on Netherlands return despite long sentence for serious assault on cousin and involvement in drug trafficking as former Ajax star remains stuck in Dubai

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<p>Promes has requested permission to return to the Netherlands without being taken into custody, despite having been sentenced to a combined 7.5 years in prison for two separate convictions. According to RTL Boulevard, the former Ajax and Netherlands forward wants to suspend his pre-trial detention to travel freely for ongoing legal appeals and to continue his football career. He is still in Dubai, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ex-ajax-forward-quincy-promes-arrested-dubai-dutch-prosecutors-sentenced-six-years-prison-smuggling-cocaine/blt23fd7a8493a82dd8" target="_blank">where he was arrested</a> after a car accident while at Spartak Moscow and has not been able to leave since due to continuous extradition procedures.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p><a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/quincy-promes-new-club-despite-fighting-extradition-netherlands-alleged-cocaine-smuggling/blt3717f5686b7d7479" target="_self">Promes</a>, 33, was sentenced to one and a half years in prison in 2023 for stabbing his cousin in a serious assault and then received an additional six-year sentence in 2024 for his involvement in the trafficking of cocaine. He did not appear at either trial and has yet to serve any time. Previously denied by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service owing to issues about preferential treatment, his legal team is advocating to let him return for court procedures without imprisonment. Moreover, the current status of the Dutch extradition requests in the UAE remains unclear. Promes earned 50 caps for the Dutch team between 2014 and 2021 and was part of the squad that reached the Nations League final in 2019 that lost to Portugal. Currently, the player plays for Dubai United in the UAE with his contract expiring at the end of June.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Promes told <a href="https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/promes-doet-verzoek-onder-voorwaarden-van-niet-arresteren-wil-hij-naar-nederland-komen~a0acb763/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2F" target="_self">RTL Boulevard</a>: "I want to answer for myself in the Netherlands and continue my career. And that I fly back and forth to the Netherlands a few times when I am called up and then I can just continue playing football. That is what I want,"</p>

WHAT QUINCY PROMES SAID

<p>Promes' lawyer, Cem Polat, has submitted a fresh request to Dutch authorities asking for the suspension of detention conditions to allow the winger to appear at his appeal hearings. A response from the Dutch Public Prosecution Service is pending. Promes is still playing in the UAE and no schedule for return travel or trial attendance has been announced.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR PROMES?

Quincy Promes asks to avoid prison on Netherlands return despite long sentence for serious assault on cousin and involvement in drug trafficking as former Ajax star remains stuck in Dubai | Goal.com

Former Ajax star Quincy Promes continues to avoid imprisonment as legal uncertainty surrounds his return from Dubai.

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