Athletes that tested positive at 2008 Olympics were linked with huge doping ring

A large doping ring was busted by Spain’s police.
 According to reports of police, sportspersons that tested positive at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2010 Vuelta a Espana purchased steroids and other related drugs from this doping ring.
10 persons who were involved in this doping ring were arrested. Professional cyclists and other athletes had relations with this illicit drug network.  It was a popular source of performance-enhancing drugs in the world of top athletes.
The investigation was codenamed “Operation Skype”. The physician  Alberto Beltran Nino was the leader of the drug chain. He is a former doctor of Liberty Seguros team. He was arrested and sentenced to jail, when he tried to flee from Madrid to Columbia. Cezar Perez, the former personal trainer of the Spanish runner Marta Dominguez, was also detained by Spain’s police officers.
However the center of the doping ring was set in Barcelona, it was an international company. The ring had contacts in Morocco and Columbia. Steroids, HGH and EPO CERA were offered for sale by this illicit drug ring.
The physician Beltran also worked with Xacobeo-Galicia team. David Garcia, the professional rider of this team, tested positive for EPO at the 2010 Vuelta.
The investigation began summer last year. It was initially linked with the runner Jose Luis Blanco after he was sentenced to 2-year ban because of positives for prohibited medications.