Cyprus ammonia haul suspect detained longer, Hezbollah link probed
 

* Large amount of fertiliser found in basement of home * Fertiliser-based bombs favoured by many militant groups * Israel says ammonium nitrate intended for bombs By Michele Kambas LARNACA, Cyprus, June 5 (Reuters) - A Cypriot court extended the detention of a Lebanese-Canadian man on Friday over the discovery of five tonnes of chemical fertiliser in a case Israel says bears the hallmarks of the Hezbollah guerrilla group. Authorities detained the 26-year-old man, holder of a Canadian passport, in late May after finding ammonium nitrate, a potential explosive, in the basement of a home in the coastal town of Larnaca where he had been staying.

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