Security Sources: Lebanese Detained in Cyprus Not Linked to Hizbullah

Security sources denied on Monday reports claiming that a Lebanese detained on Sunday in Cyprus over drug dealing charges reportedly belongs to Hizbullah, MTV station said.

The sources spoke to MTV on condition of anonymity, stressing that the suspect, identified by his first initials as G.D., is not a member of Hizbullah.

Al-Arabiya TV reported on Sunday that authorities in Cyprus have extradited to the United States a Hizbullah member accused of drug dealing.

Cyprus' supreme court had on May 29 upheld an order to extradite a suspected Hizbullah member to the U.S. on money laundering charges, according to official media.

A five-judge bench unanimously dismissed an appeal against a decision by a lower court in September 2019 to extradite the man, identified only by his surname Diab, the Cyprus News Agency said.

The suspect was wanted by authorities in Florida for alleged money laundering crimes.