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 Netherlands international Quincy Promes has been extradited by the United Arab Emirates to the Netherlands, where he is to serve jail sentences for drug trafficking and assault, Dutch prosecutors said on Friday.