Norwegian Teenage Hitman Jailed for 20 Years Over UK Murder Plot
Police seized two guns and 12 rounds of ammunition before the planned killing, and a jury later found Natland guilty of conspiracy to murder.
- On Friday, Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, was sentenced to 20 years in prison at Woolwich Crown Court for conspiracy to murder after travelling to England to execute a hit for an Iran-backed international crime gang.
- Natland was recruited in Norway by a 17-year-old known as Generalen, who worked for the proscribed Swedish Foxtrot gang backed by the Iranian regime and known for deploying children as young as 13 in violent crimes.
- Armed police arrested Natland at the Briar Court Hotel in Huddersfield and seized two guns and 12 live bullets after the teenager bragged to his girlfriend he had the "bangs in the bag."
- Commander Helen Flanagan of Counter Terrorism Policing credited the "exceptional work" of British police working with Norwegian counterparts for preventing the assassination, though the intended target remains unidentified and no direct link to Iran was found.
- Norwegian authorities have charged three more people in connection with the plot while the identity of Natland's controller, known as Agent 47, remains unknown; a 27-year-old man was arrested in September 2025 on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.
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Norwegian Teenager Sentenced To 20 Years For UK Murder Plot Tied To Iran-Linked Crime Group
LONDON (VINnews) — A 19-year-old Norwegian man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in detention for conspiring to carry out a contract killing in Britain after traveling there at the direction of a Swedish organized crime network with documented ties to the Iranian government. Johannes Natland, of Stavanger, Norway, was arrested in a hotel room […]
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Teenage hitman who travelled to Britain to kill for Iranian crime gang jailed for 20 years
A Norwegian teenager has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for travelling to Britain to carry out a killing on behalf of an international crime gang backed by Iran.Johannes Natland, 19, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court this morning, having been convicted of conspiracy to murder following a retrial.He had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing a prohibited firearm and possessing ammunition without a firearms certificate.The 1…
The case has been linked to the organized crime group Foxtrot.
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