A teenager travelled from Norway to the UK on an emergency passport to carry out a “hit” for a Swedish organised crime group, a court has heard.
Johannes Natland, 19, was arrested in a hotel room in Huddersfield with two working guns and 19 rounds of live ammunition in March 2025.
He has pleaded guilty to possession of the firearms and ammunition but denies a charge of conspiracy to murder.
During the trial opening at the Old Bailey, prosecutor Alistair Richardson said the teen was “recruited” by the Foxtrot Network, which was described as a Swedish organised crime group backed by the Iranian regime.
“We do not know who the defendant was planning to murder, but as you will see from his messages…it was clear that his plan was to murder,” he added.
“He neither knew, nor cared, who he was to kill…to him, this was all about the money.”
