Galabin Boevski was caught smuggling narcotics during serving his suspension due to steroid use

Galabin Boevski, a Bulgarian weightlifter, World Champion and Olympic Champion, went to nine months in prison due to illegal international drug trade. This sportsman was arrested in October 2011 at the Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil after he attempted to board the plane with eight 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 countries of Europe.  
Galabin Boevski is a celebrated athlete 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 administering banned drugs in 2004. It was the second time when he violated doping rules. 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 athlete belonged to another person. As a result, Galabin Boevski received 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught trafficking cocaine.
Boevski became prominent due to his success in weightlifting. This sportsperson 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 athlete 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 were produced by one person. These sportsmen received suspensions. Galabi 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 wondering but Boevski’s reputation was not spoiled in Bulgaria. He used 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.
Furthermore, the Brazilian judge Maria Isabel do Prado noted that Galabin Boevski applied also his status of celebrity in sports in order to traffic the narcotic cocaine. She also noted that this sportsman utilized the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament to hide his illegal deals connected with smuggling of the narcotic.
The weightlifter Boevski said that he would appeal the conviction.