Galabin Boevski wanted to smuggle 8 kg of cocaine

The Bulgarian weightlifter Galabin Boevski 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 attempted to board the plane with 8 kg of cocaine. He was headed to Bulgaria. Cocaine was estimated. It could be sold at the price of 500, 000 dollars on the streets in European countries.  
Galabin Boevski is a celebrated person in Bulgaria. He is claimed to be one of the most celebrated weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught administering steroids in 1995. Undoubtedly, he was sentenced to suspension.
Then this sportsman was caught administering banned drugs in 2004. It was the second time when he broke doping laws. In fact, Boevski didn’t test positive for any forbidden preparations. But anti-doping officials defined that he didn’t provide own urine. The urine which was provided by this sportsman belonged to another person. As a result, Galabin Boevski received 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught smuggling cocaine.
Boevski became prominent due to his success in weightlifting. This person 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 weightlifter and his teammates from Bulgaria provided urine samples which belonged to another individual. It was defined by anti-doping officials that the three urine samples belonged to one individual. These athletes received suspensions. Boevski appealed the suspension but it was not successful.
Boevski broke certain world records at different competitions. He held three 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 strange but Boevski’s reputation wasn’t spoiled in Bulgaria. He utilized his status of celebrity in sports in order to launch a Technogym fitness center in Sofia. The center was called Atama Wellness and Spa.
Moreover, Maria Isabel do Prado, the Brazilian judge, claimed that Boevski used also his status of celebrity in sports in order to traffic the narcotic cocaine. She also noted that this weightlifter utilized the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament to hide his illegal operations related to smuggling of the narcotic.
Galabin Boevski confirmed that he would appeal the conviction.