Colombia seizes two tonnes of 'Farc rebel cocaine' Published duration 23 April 2012

image caption The military said the cocaine laboratory was a sturdy wooden structure in the middle of the jungle

Soldiers in Colombia say they have seized more than 2 tonnes of cocaine in Narino province, in the south of the country.

The military raided a drug laboratory thought to belong to Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc.

The soldiers said the laboratory was part of a camp which could house up to 20 rebels.

Farc rebels rely heavily on the cocaine trade to finance their five-decade-long campaign against the Colombian state.

The military said the laboratory, hidden deep in the jungle, was a sturdy wooden structure with everything needed to turn cocaine paste into cocaine.

The soldiers seized 2,121kg of cocaine, three microwave ovens, two electricity generators, a centrifuge and vats full of precursor chemicals used in the cocaine-making process.