A millionaire Iranian influencer's gold McLaren supercar was seized after police found him driving it without insurance.
Pooyan Mokhtari, 31, was stopped at the Channel Tunnel Terminal in Dover on February 25 and saw his £1million Senna taken away by traffic officers, The Sun reports.
Mr Mokhtari - a singer, clothing brand CEO and caviar company founder believed to be worth £10million - had planned to ship the vehicle to Milan but was 'unable' to sort insurance when stopped by police, it is understood.
The McLaren, which can go up to 208mph, was driven away by officers because trying to fit it onto a recovery truck would have caused 'thousands of pounds worth of damage' to the undercarriage, a source said.
Mr Mokhtari's Instagram page, which has nearly six million followers, links to his clothing brand Lora Lord, his caviar company PM Caviar, and the cryptocurrency trading page TradoXchange.
Pooyan Mokhtari, 31, was stopped at the Channel Tunnel Terminal in Dover on February 25 and saw his £1million Senna taken away by traffic officers
He yesterday posed for pictures with the vehicle in front of the Eiffel Tower
Mr Mokhtari, who has nearly six million Instagram followers and is believed to be worth £10million, had planned to ship the vehicle to Milan and 'was not able' to sort insurance, it is understood
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It was taken to a local police station and then to a recovery yard in Kent, where it sat for more than a week
Mr Mokhtari then sent a truck to collect the vehicle on Sunday and it was shipped to Paris
It was taken to a local police station and then to a recovery yard in Kent, where it sat for more than a week.
Mr Mokhtari then sent a truck to collect the vehicle on Sunday and it was shipped to Paris.
He yesterday posed for pictures with the vehicle in front of the Eiffel Tower.
The source added: 'The cops couldn't believe they'd seized a car worth seven figures that wasn't insured on the road. The owner wouldn't have been covered if he'd written it off.'
A Kent Police spokesman said: 'At around 6pm on Friday 25 February 2022, officers at the Channel Tunnel Terminal stopped a vehicle which was uninsured.
'The driver was given the opportunity to arrange insurance for the vehicle but was unable to do so and the vehicle was therefore seized.'
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