A 19-year-old Norwegian teenager who flew to the UK to carry out a murder for an Iran-backed gang has been jailed for 20 years. Johannes Natland agreed to shoot an unknown target in exchange for about 25,000 euros. He was recruited by the Sweden-based Foxtrot network, which has been sanctioned in the US and the UK over violence against Jewish and Israeli targets on behalf of the Iranian regime. Natland travelled to England and was arrested by armed counter-terrorism police at a hotel in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, on 19 March last year. During the arrest, he pretended to shoot officers with his hands, forming an imaginary gun, before police found two guns, live bullets and 2,000 in cash. He admitted having the two guns and ammunition but denied conspiracy to murder. Jurors found him guilty at the Old Bailey at a retrial after the first jury failed to reach a verdict. At sentencing in Woolwich Crown Court, Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb told Natland he had been recruited in Norway to travel to England to kill an unidentified target. The judge said the police intervention was crucial, adding that, had the plan not been prevented, Natland would have done what he agreed to. The court heard Natland was connected to the Foxtrot gang days before he flew on 17 March, aged 18. He was directed to stashes of cash, guns and bullets by a UK fixer, including a cash stash hidden under a bridge, and he later collected weapons and ammunition from a route shown in a video and map. Met Police Commander Helen Flanagan said he was arrested just hours before he was due to carry out an assassination. She said the intended target was never identified and police found no evidence of any direct link to Iran in this case. Natland has now been sentenced to 20 years for conspiracy to murder, following his retrial conviction at the Old Bailey.