Galabin Boevski smuggled narcotics

Galabin Boevski, a Bulgarian weightlifter, World Champion and Olympic Champion, was sentenced to nine months in jail because of illicit international drug trade. He was arrested in October 2011 at the Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil after he tried to board the plane with 8 kg of cocaine. This athlete was led 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 well-known sportsman in Bulgaria. He is considered to be one of the most well-known weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught using steroids in 1995. Of course, he was sentenced to suspension.
Then this weightlifter was caught taking prohibited products in 2004. It was the second time when he broke doping laws. In fact, Boevski didn’t test positive for any banned products. 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 was sentenced to 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught smuggling cocaine.
Galabin Boevski became famous due to his achievements in weightlifting. This athlete won gold medals at several 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 weightlifter and his teammates from Bulgaria provided urine samples that belonged to another person. It was determined by anti-doping officials that the three urine samples belonged to one individual. These sportspersons received suspensions. Boevski appealed the suspension but it was not successful.
Boevski broke certain world records at various competitions. He held 3 world records. The best lifts of this person 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 Boevski’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 capital of Bulgaria. The center was named Atama Wellness and Spa.
Moreover, Maria Isabel do Prado, the Brazilian judge, confirmed that Galabin Boevski applied also his status of celebrity in sports in order to traffic cocaine. She also noted that this sportsman utilized the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament in order to cover his illegal deals related to trafficking of the narcotic.
Boevski said that he would appeal the conviction.