{"id":365685,"date":"2026-07-30T01:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-police-caught-teen-hitman-with-stash-of-guns-paid-to-carry-out-murder\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T01:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:00:24","slug":"how-police-caught-teen-hitman-with-stash-of-guns-paid-to-carry-out-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-police-caught-teen-hitman-with-stash-of-guns-paid-to-carry-out-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"How police caught teen hitman with stash of guns paid to carry out murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/X5Or_yZ_uBk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How police caught teen hitman with stash of guns paid to carry out murder\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X5Or_yZ_uBk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A Norwegian teenager has been found guilty of travelling to the UK to carry out a killing on behalf of an international crime gang backed by Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, agreed to shoot an unknown target for 25,000 euros (\u00a321,500) in March last year.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after arriving in the UK from his home in Stavanger, armed police swooped to arrest him at a hotel in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, and seized two guns and 12 live bullets.<\/p>\n<p>Natland admitted possession of the firearms and ammunition but claimed he would have shot himself in the foot to get out of the \u201cpickle\u201d he was in with the proscribed Swedish Foxtrot gang.<\/p>\n<p>However, jurors heard he had lied repeatedly following his arrest and even tried to persuade his girlfriend not to give evidence in phone calls from prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Norwegian teenager has been found guilty of travelling to the UK to carry out a killing on behalf of an international crime gang backed by Iran. 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