Bulgarian athlete was arrested for drug trade during serving suspension for steroid use

Galabin Boevski, a Bulgarian weightlifter, World Champion and Olympic Champion, was sentenced to nine-month imprisonment 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. Galabin Boevski was led to Bulgaria. Cocaine was estimated. It could be sold at the price of 500, 000 dollars on the streets in European countries.  
Boevski is a celebrated athlete in Bulgaria. He is considered to be one of the most famous weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught taking steroids in 1995. Undoubtedly, he was sentenced to suspension.
Then this sportsman was caught using banned preparations in 2004. It was the second time when he violated doping rules. Actually, Galabin Boevski didn’t test positive for any forbidden products. But anti-doping officials defined that he didn’t provide own urine. The urine which was provided by this weightlifter belonged to another individual. As a result, Galabin Boevski was sentenced to 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught trafficking cocaine.
Galabin Boevski became prominent due to his success in weightlifting. This person 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 sportsperson and his teammates from Bulgaria provided urine samples that belonged to another person. It was defined by anti-doping officials that the three urine samples were produced by one individual. These sportspersons were sentenced to suspensions. Galabi Boevski appealed the suspension but it was unsuccessful.
Galabin Boevski broke several world records at different competitions. He held three world records. The best lifts of this athlete 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 athlete’s reputation was not spoiled in Bulgaria. He used 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, the Brazilian judge Maria Isabel do Prado claimed that Boevski used also his status of celebrity in sports in order to traffic the narcotic cocaine. She also noted that this sportsman used the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament to hide his illicit operations connected with smuggling of the narcotic.
The weightlifter Galabin Boevski decided to appeal the conviction.