Two men from South Australia’s Riverland have been charged after police discovered more than 18kg of dried cannabis in a truck on the Sturt Highway.

Police found two sealed plastic bags in the driver’s cabin, containing 39 vacuum sealed bags of cannabis.

A 40-year-old man and a 44-year-old man, both of Waikerie, were arrested and charged with trafficking in a large commercial quantity of drugs, while one of them was also charged with unlawful possession.