Norwegian teen 'hitman' detained for UK murder plot

A 19-year-old Norwegian was sentenced to 20 years in detention after flying to Huddersfield in March 2025 with two loaded guns to execute a contract killing for the Foxtrot Network, a Swedish crime group with Iranian regime backing. Johannes Natland had been offered £21,000 to murder an unidentified target he'd never met, but was arrested in a hotel room before locating his victim—a killing police say would have proceeded without their intervention. The case exemplifies what European authorities call "violence-as-a-service," a model where organised crime groups recruit teenagers as disposable hitmen.