Cops thought I was dodgy... but I'm just doing very well

Businessman claims Audi was seized because he looked like drug dealer'

- JOHN SCHEERHOUT

A YOUNG influencer businessman has claimed police 'stole' his £100,000 supercar because they wrongly suspected he was a drug dealer.

Cops swooped when they saw Zac Cooper pull into Tesco Extra in Gorton to fill up his pride and joy, a khaki-green Audi RS7.

He only had the one-year-old motor which he purchased with a finance agreement - for three months. But suspicious cops seized the car amid concerns about its insurance and returned it to the finance company.

Zac, 27, from Gorton, had been filming clips for his social media channels to promote his business, which provides 'hacks' to get cheaper insurance, when he was pulled over by traffic cops from GMP's Operation Wolverine on February 22. Officers seized his car and he hasn't seen it since.

He suspects police saw his flash car with its private reg, his shaven head, 'Turkey teeth' and tattoos and wrongly concluded he was a drug dealer.

Zac, who is known as Zac Studd on his Instagram and TikTok accounts, posted on his social media that GMP 'stole my car.

He told the M.E.N: "I was pulled over five weeks before for the same reason, something to do with the insurance, and they did some checks and let me go on my way. I just thought it was another routine check for the police.