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Dagbladet has presented everything that comes to light in this case, for Marius Borg Høiby's lawyer, Øyvind Bratlien, in the Bratlien law firm - and for the Royal House.

- We are referring to Borg Høiby's lawyer, writes the Royal Palace's communications manager, Guri Varpe, in an email.

Borg Høiby's lawyer has not responded to Dagbladet's inquiries in this case.

Raid against friend

First, we go back to 15 October 2019. Then, the police raided an apartment in the centre of Oslo.

A now 38-year-old man lives in the apartment.

The investigators found a total of 37 tablets of anabolic steroids.

They also found 56 grams of cocaine.

If we use Rusinfo's definition of a user dose as a basis, the seize amounted to 224 user doses. Following FHI's definition of a user dose, the seize contains over 700 user doses.

The street value, according to Rusinfo, is around NOK 56,000.

The investigators who raided his apartment were on the trail of an extensive international money laundering network. The action was part of what was to become one of Økokrim's greatest triumphs in recent years: Five people in Norway and two in Belgium ended up being sentenced to prison terms. The total sum the five were convicted of having laundered is NOK 24 million.

More connections

Dagbladet has revealed in several articles that the money-laundering case has connections to several heavily criminal circles - among other things, there is a branch to the infamous Swedish Foxtrot network and to the Kinahan cartel from Ireland, which, according to British police, sells cocaine and heroin worth billions.

The 38-year-old is among those convicted in the case.

According to several sources, he is also a good friend of Marius Borg Høiby. The source information is supported by social media, where the two are pictured together several times over several years.

The two have been to London and watched Arsenal play football together, been on holiday together, and partied together in town and privately. This is shown in pictures that the two and their friends have posted on Instagram.

Bags of cocaine

The 38-year-old appealed the verdict in the money laundering case, and on 24 May, he explained himself in the Borgarting Court of Appeal. Dagbladet was present during the explanation.

- The arrest came as a shock to me. They came with a letter on gross money laundering. Then there are some bags of cocaine on the table at my house. They asked if there was more - then I showed the rest of the cocaine. Then anabolic steroids were found - it sounds very harsh, but they are the weakest "testo pills" you will find. I was concerned with being fit at the time, said the 38-year-old.

He was eventually sentenced to 11 months in prison in the Borgarting Court of Appeal.

Confirmed drug sales

When the 38-year-old was arrested, he had NOK 16,000 in cash on him.

- Did you sell some drugs every now and then, asked the prosecutor in the case, prosecutor Håvard Kampen in Økokrim.

- I have covered my own consumption in that way. I have not been a big dealer but have sold to friends and acquaintances, replied Høiby's travel companion.

He was clearly affected when he explained himself further - and also provided information about the party environment Dagbladet is writing about today:

- In the years until I was arrested, I struggled with a lot of cocaine; I was in an environment where there was a lot of partying. It has been daily. Over time, you get a lot of anxiety. I haven't dared to talk about it. You get a little paranoid.

The Follo man

One of the 38-year-old's friends is the Follo man convicted of fraud who now lives in Dubai. The Follo man moved to Dubai this winter but has had regular contact with the environment Marius Borg Høiby frequents in Oslo.

In the fraud case, the Follo man and his father were convicted of defrauding banks of around eight million kroner - and attempting to defraud them even more - for alleged property purchases in Norway and Spain.

In Dubai, where he now lives, the Follo man has been partying with Marius Borg Høiby's 38-year-old friend, now convicted of money laundering.

Dagbladet knows that Marius Borg Høiby has also had contact with the Follo man. A few days before Høiby was charged with violence and damage in August, the two were part of a gang that ate together at a restaurant in Oslo.

The Follo man has not answered Dagbladet's questions in this matter.

In the case where the Follo man was convicted of fraud, another man was also sentenced to prison. This man has been convicted both earlier and later in significant amphetamine and cocaine smuggling cases.

In court papers reviewed by Dagbladet, it appears that the Follo man and the drug trafficker had contact at least as late as 2022 when they were caught speeding in a car together.

Hells Angels

We return to the Økokrim action against the apartment of the 38-year-old in Oslo, the man who has been on holiday and attended a football match with Marius Borg Høiby.

The 38-year-old's lawyer, Aleksander Greaker from the law firm Greaker x Storrvik, has not answered questions from Dagbladet.

When the police raided the 38-year-old's apartment, they didn't just find cocaine and steroids in his apartment.

According to Dagbladet's information, the investigators found a vest and several stickers with the infamous MC club Hells Angels logo.

In the garage under the 38-year-old's apartment, there was a motorcycle. It was registered to a 34-year-old man. He previously had a registered address in the Hells Angels' premises in Strømsveien in Oslo. He has also been convicted of gross, indiscriminate violence.

Dagbladet has asked the man's lawyer, Randulf Schumann Hansen at Berg / Ditlev-Simonsen, for a comment but has not yet received one.

- Do you have links to the Hells Angels, asked the prosecutor in the money laundering case, prosecutor Håvard Kampen in Økokrim.

- I had a friend who was in HA. He is no longer in HA and left it entirely voluntarily, replied the 38-year-old.

In an Instagram post from July 2018, we find the 34-year-old and the 38-year-old pictured together.

What is not written on Instagram is that the 34-year-old had not long before served time in prison - for having bought at least 300 grams of cocaine from people connected to the Albanian mafia. He was also convicted of having received at least NOK 154,000 in proceeds from drug sales.

He received the money in the premises of the Hells Angels.

A friend of the 38-year-old received drug money in the Hells Angels' premises at Alnabru in Oslo. Photo: NTB

The Albanian

In the money-laundering case in which the 38-year-old recently stood trial and was convicted, he was sent out to collect 17 million on behalf of the British-Albanian main man - Luka Murati.

Dagbladet knows that Luka Murati has also been introduced to Marius Borg Høiby.

Luka Murati. Photo: Private

In an interview with Dagbladet, Murati acknowledged that he pulled the strings in the extensive money laundering case. In the Court of Appeal, it emerged that Murati has also struggled heavily with cocaine addiction.

Murati admitted to laundering around NOK 24 million. He spent 618 days in custody and, therefore, quickly completed his sentence of three years and nine months in prison.

It has not been possible for Dagbladet to reach Murati. The number he previously used no longer works.

Nor has Marius Borg Høiby's lawyer, Øyvind Bratlien, answered Dagbladet's inquiries in this case.