Galabin Boevski was arrested at International Airport in Brazil

The world champion in weightlifting Galabin Boevski was sentenced to 9 months in prison due to illicit 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 8 kg of cocaine. He was led to Bulgaria. The narcotic was estimated. It could be sold at the price of 500, 000 dollars on the streets in countries of Europe.  
Galabin Boevski is a well-known person in Bulgaria. He is claimed to be one of the most well-known weightlifters in this country.
First he was caught using steroids in 1995. Undoubtedly, he was sentenced to suspension.
Then this weightlifter was caught doping in 2004. It was the second time when he broke doping laws. Actually, Boevski didn’t test positive for any prohibited medicines. But anti-doping officials defined that he didn’t provide own urine. The urine that was provided by this weightlifter belonged to another individual. As a result, Boevski received 8-year suspension. During serving the suspension he was caught smuggling cocaine.
Galabin Boevski became celebrated due to his success in weightlifting. This sportsperson won gold medals at some 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 that belonged to another person. It was defined by anti-doping officials that the 3 urine samples belonged to one individual. These sportspersons were sentenced to suspensions. Galabi Boevski appealed the suspension but it was not successful.
Boevski broke some world records at various competitions. He held three world records. His best lifts 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 destroyed 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 confirmed that Boevski utilized also his status of celebrity in sports in order to smuggle cocaine. She also added that this weightlifter used the participation of his daughter in a Brazilian tennis tournament to hide his illicit deals connected with smuggling of the narcotic.
The weightlifter Boevski claimed that he would appeal the conviction.