Dutch prosecutors have told The Associated Press that soccer player Quincy Promes was being extradited from Dubai to the Netherlands where he faces a prison sentence for involvement in cocaine smuggling.

Quincy Promes, a former Netherlands international, has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands. A Dutch court previously sentenced Promes in absentia to six years for his involvement in two cocaine shipments in 2020. He also received an 18-month sentence in absentia for stabbing a cousin in the knee during a 2020 incident.

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.