Galabin Boevski attempted to board plane with narcotics

Galabin Boevski, a Bulgarian weightlifter, World Champion and Olympic Champion, was sentenced to 9 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 tried to board the plane with 8 kg of cocaine. Galabin Boevski 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.  
Boevski is a celebrated sportsperson in Bulgaria. He is considered to be one of the most famous weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught administering steroids in 1995. Undoubtedly, he was sentenced to suspension.
Then this sportsman was caught taking banned preparations in 2004. It was the second time when he broke doping laws. In fact, Galabin Boevski didn’t test positive for any prohibited products. But anti-doping officials defined that he didn’t provide own urine. The urine that was provided by this sportsperson belonged to another person. As a result, Galabin Boevski was sentenced to 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught trafficking cocaine.
Boevski became prominent due to his achievements in weightlifting. This sportsman 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 Boevski and his teammates from Bulgaria provided urine samples which belonged to another person. It was determined by anti-doping officials that the three urine samples were produced by one individual. These sportspersons were sentenced to suspensions. Boevski appealed the suspension but it was unsuccessful.
Galabin Boevski broke several 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 strange but this sportsman’s reputation wasn’t spoiled in Bulgaria. He used his status of celebrity in sports in order to launch a Technogym fitness center in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The center was named Atama Wellness and Spa.
Moreover, the Brazilian judge Maria Isabel do Prado confirmed that Galabin Boevski applied also his status of celebrity in sports in order to traffic the narcotic cocaine. She also added that this athlete used the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament in order to hide his illicit operations related to smuggling of the narcotic.
The weightlifter Galabin Boevski decided to appeal the conviction.