Norwegian ‘hitman’ guilty of UK murder plot

A Norwegian teenager has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder after travelling to the UK to carry out a hit for a Swedish organised crime group.

Prosecutors said Natland had been recruited by the Foxtrot Network, a Swedish organized crime group used by the Iranian state and sanctioned by both Britain and the United States.

A 19-year-old Norwegian hitman was found guilty of an assassination plot after sending selfies with weapons to his girlfriend and friends.

Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, agreed to shoot an unknown target for £21,500 in March last year

Police arrest the teen just two days before the planned hit on an unidentified person, after he arrived in the UK on an emergency passport.

Natland was arrested in March last year from a hotel room in Huddersfield in northern England.

Norwegian teenage footballer guilty of 'hitman' murder plot linked to Iranian gang  lbc.co.uk

A Norwegian teenager was convicted on Wednesday of conspiracy to commit murder in Britain after being recruited by an Iran-linked Swedish organised crime group.

A ⁠Norwegian teenager ⁠was convicted on Wednesday of ⁠conspiracy to commit murder in Britain after being recruited by a Swedish organised crime group that prosecutors said was being used by the Iranian government. Johannes Natland, now ‌19, was arrested in a hotel room in Huddersfield, northern England, in March last y

Johannes Natland was arrested in a hotel room with two guns and ammunition

LONDON, July 29 - A Norwegian teenager was convicted on Wednesday of conspiracy to commit murder in Britain after being recruited by a Swedish organised crime group that prosecutors said was being used by the Iranian government.

A teenage hitman from Norway has been found guilty of travelling to England to carry out a killing on behalf of an international crime gang backed by Iran.

Footballer Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, claimed he was going to shoot himself in the foot

Johannes Natland travelled to Huddersfield to carry out a 'hit' in March last year.

The talented footballer agreed to shoot an unknown target for more than £20,000 last year, the court was told.

The talented footballer agreed to shoot an unknown target for more than £20,000 last year, the court was told.

A TEENAGE assassin came to Britain to carry out a gangland hit after being recruited online by an Iran-backed Scandi crime group using youngsters to kill. Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, was accused of travelling to the UK from Norway to carry out a “hit” for money. A court was told the talented footballer had been task

Johannes Natland, 18 at the time, flew from Stavanger, south-west Norway, to Britain to assassinate a target in return for £21,000, the Old Bailey was told.