World champion intended to smuggle large quantities of narcotics

The Bulgarian weightlifter Galabin Boevski was sentenced to 9 months in prison because of illegal international drug trade. This athlete was arrested in October 2011 at the Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil after he attempted to board the plane with 8 kg of cocaine. This athlete was headed to Bulgaria. Cocaine was estimated. It could be sold at the price of 500, 000 dollars on the streets in countries of Europe.  
Galabin Boevski is a celebrated athlete in Bulgaria. He is claimed to be one of the most celebrated weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught administering steroids in 1995. Of course, he was sentenced to suspension.
Then this sportsperson was caught administering forbidden drugs in 2004. It was the second time when he broke doping laws. In fact, Galabin Boevski didn’t test positive for any prohibited medications. But anti-doping officials defined that he didn’t provide own urine. The urine that was provided by this sportsperson belonged to another individual. As a result, Boevski received 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught trafficking cocaine.
Boevski became well-known due to his achievements in weightlifting. This sportsperson won gold medals at some competitions: at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships in Athens, the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and the 2001 World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya.
At the 2003 World Championships in Vancouver this athlete and his teammates from Bulgaria provided urine samples that belonged to another individual. It was determined by anti-doping officials that the three urine samples belonged to one individual. These athletes were sentenced to suspensions. Boevski appealed the suspension but it was not successful.
Galabin Boevski broke some world records at different competitions. He held 3 world records. His best lifts were following: a 162, 5 kg snatch, 196, 5 kg clean and jerk and a 357, 5 kg of two lifts at the 1999 Championships.
It is wondering but this athlete’s reputation was not destroyed in Bulgaria. He applied his status of celebrity in sports in order to establish a Technogym fitness center in Sofia. The center was named Atama Wellness and Spa.
Furthermore, Maria Isabel do Prado, the Brazilian judge, claimed that Boevski utilized also his status of celebrity in sports in order to smuggle cocaine. She also added that this athlete used the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament in order to cover his illegal operations linked with smuggling of the narcotic.
The weightlifter Galabin Boevski said that he would appeal the conviction.