A Norwegian teenager traveled to Britain to carry out a murder in return for money, having been recruited by a Swedish organized crime group used by the Iranian government, British prosecutors told a London court on Wednesday.

Johannes Natland, now 19, was arrested in a hotel room in Huddersfield in northern England in March last year in possession of two firearms and ammunition, prosecutor Alistair Richardson told London’s Old Bailey Court.

“He had been recruited by an organization called the Foxtrot Network to an agreement that in return for money, he would travel here and undertake a hit,” Richardson said.

“The group that had recruited him, the Foxtrot Network, is a Swedish organized crime group used by the Iranian regime.”

Natland denies a charge of conspiracy to murder an unknown person.

Richardson told the jury that Natland had already pleaded guilty to possessing a semi-automatic pistol, a revolver, and live ammunition in October.

“We do not know who the defendant was planning to murder, but as you will see from his messages,........

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