Quincy Promes will reportedly not be extradited to the Netherlands following his arrest at Dubai Airport - despite the Spartak Moscow forward facing a six-year prison sentence for drug smuggling.
The former Ajax star was stopped at border control last week and barred from travelling back with his Spartak team-mates to Russia.
On February 14, a Dutch court sentenced Promes to six years in prison for his involvement in smuggling over 1,350 kilos of cocaine in Antwerp back in January 2020.
Back in June last year, the Dutchman was also sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing his cousin.
Despite initial reports, Promes, 32, was not detained in Dubai in relation to those offences but because he left the scene of a traffic accident during his stay in the United Arab Emirates.
According to Russian newspaper Sport Express, Promes will avoid imprisonment for that offence and instead be fined.
They say he won't be returned to the Netherlands to face punishment over the other offences and will reportedly return to Russia on Tuesday.
Some reports in Russia, as relayed by Voetbal Primeur in the Netherlands, suggested the Russian authorities had intervened at a high level to secure Promes' return passage to the country.
He will be available to face Fakel in the Russian Premier League this Sunday. Spartak held a training camp in the UAE during the Russian season's winter break.
A statement from the Dutch Prosecutor's Office read: 'We have informed the Dutch media that we have checked the reports of Promes' arrest and learned from our contact person that Promes was arrested for a local offence and not for crimes committed in the Netherlands.
'For now, we are not going to answer the question whether or not we will request his extradition.
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