Galabin Boevski was arrested, when he tried to board plane with 8 kg of cocaine

The world champion in weightlifting Galabin Boevski went to nine months in prison because of illicit international drug trade. This sportsperson was arrested in October 2011 at the Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil after he attempted to board the plane with eight kg of cocaine. This weightlifter was headed to Bulgaria. The narcotic was estimated. It could be sold at the price of 500, 000 dollars on the streets in European countries.  
Galabin Boevski is a famous athlete in Bulgaria. He is claimed to be one of the most well-known weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught administering steroids in 1995. Undoubtedly, he was suspended.
Then this sportsman was caught using banned preparations in 2004. It was the second time when he violated doping laws. In fact, Boevski didn’t test positive for any banned medicines. But anti-doping officials defined that he didn’t provide own urine. The urine which was provided by this sportsperson belonged to another person. As a result, Galabin Boevski received 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught trafficking cocaine.
Boevski became celebrated due to his success in weightlifting. This sportsperson won gold medals at certain 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 sportsperson 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 were produced by one person. These athletes were sentenced to suspensions. Boevski appealed the suspension but it was not successful.
Galabin Boevski broke certain world records at different competitions. He held 3 world records. The best lifts of this sportsman 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 sportsman’s reputation wasn’t spoiled 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, the Brazilian judge Maria Isabel do Prado affirmed that Galabin Boevski applied also his status of celebrity in sports in order to smuggle cocaine. She also noted that this sportsman 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 Boevski claimed that he would appeal the conviction.