Operation Skype in Spain

Spain’s police busted a large doping ring.
 According to reports of police officers, sportspeople that tested positive at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2010 Vuelta a Espana got steroids and other related medications from this illegal drug ring.
10 individuals who were implicated in this doping ring were detained. Professional cyclists and other sportspersons had relations with this doping network.  It represented a popular doping ring in the world of elite sport.
The investigation was called “Operation Skype”. The physician  Alberto Beltran Nino was the leader of the drug ring. He is a former doctor of Liberty Seguros team. This man was arrested and sentenced to imprisonment, when he tried to flee from Madrid to Columbia. Cezar Perez, the former personal trainer of the Spanish runner Marta Dominguez, was also arrested by police.
However the center of the doping ring was set in Barcelona, it represented a multinational company. The ring was related to Morocco and Columbia. Steroids, HGH and EPO CERA were distributed by this illegal drug ring.
Dr. Beltran also worked with Xacobeo-Galicia team. David Garcia, the road bicycle racer of this team, tested positive for EPO at the 2010 Vuelta.
The investigation started summer last year. It was initially related to the runner Jose Luis Blanco after he was banned for two years due to positives for forbidden drugs.