Galabin Boevski used his celebrity in sports in order to smuggle and sell narcotics

Galabin Boevski, a Bulgarian weightlifter, World Champion and Olympic Champion, was sentenced to 9 months in prison due to 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 8 kg of cocaine. This athlete 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 well-known sportsman in Bulgaria. He is claimed to be one of the most famous weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught taking steroids in 1995. Of course, he was sentenced to suspension.
Then this sportsman was caught using banned medications in 2004. It was the second time when he broke doping rules. In fact, Galabin 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 individual. As a result, Galabin Boevski received 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught smuggling cocaine.
Galabin Boevski became prominent 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 Boevski and his teammates from Bulgaria provided urine samples that belonged to another individual. It was defined by anti-doping officials that the three urine samples were produced by one individual. These sportspersons received suspensions. Boevski appealed the suspension but it was not successful.
Boevski broke several world records at various 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 weightlifter’s reputation was not destroyed in Bulgaria. He utilized 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, claimed that Galabin Boevski used also his status of celebrity in sports in order to traffic the narcotic cocaine. She also noticed that this weightlifter used the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament in order to cover his illegal operations related to smuggling of the narcotic.
Boevski claimed that he would appeal the conviction.