A methamphetamine strike force trial has launched in South Australia to target overseas supply chains and attempt to reduce local demand of the illegal drug.

Key points: The strike force will focus on cargo and international and domestic mail

The strike force will focus on cargo and international and domestic mail SA was chosen for the trial because of a number of recent incidents

SA was chosen for the trial because of a number of recent incidents The results of the trial will be revealed throughout 2019

The Joint Agency Ice Strike Team will be led by SA Police and will also aim to reduce the significant impact of the drug on the community.

While authorities said the drug problem in South Australia had not increased, the state was chosen for the trial based on recent incidents, including a joint operation to stop the importation of more than 300 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Police raided a Morphett Vale house in October last year. ( ABC News: Tom Fedorowytsch )

"When you look at the wastewater data, when you look at some of the seizures that have occurred in the last couple of years, you've got the clandestine labs that've been dismantled last year as well, this state is certainly one of the good places to start," Australian Federal Police Commander Peter Sykora said.

The cost of the initiative will be absorbed by partner organisations, including the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Taxation Office.

The agencies will pool intelligence to target crime home and abroad — with a strong focus on air cargo, sea cargo and international and domestic mail.

Commander Sykora said some areas of the state were of particular concern to police, including Mount Gambier, Ceduna and the Riverland region.

"We've still got a problem … and we need to address this problem," he said.

"We know mostly who the people are, but in this process we will eventually identify others as well."

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds 1 m 16 s A Morphett Vale drug seizure. ( Supplied: SAPOL )

SAPOL acting Deputy Commissioner Scott Duval said the initiative would give police a "competitive edge" over criminal groups.

"We have made significant progress in reducing the supply of methylamphetamine to our community, from shutting down clandestine drug laboratories to dismantling local drug trafficking rings," he said.

"While there is an insatiable demand for this illicit drug across South Australia, criminal networks will continue to use every means possible to import and manufacture the harmful substance and profit from our community."

Authorities said other states had already voiced interest in adopting similar programs.

Team follows 'one of the largest ever' meth lab finds

The inception of the new team followed police uncovering two of the largest drug labs ever found in South Australia last year.

An industrial-sized meth "super lab" was discovered at a property in Croydon, west of Adelaide, in late October.

At the time, police estimated that the street value of the find could be in "the hundreds of millions" and that the lab had been in operation for some time.

Equipment found inside an industrial clandestine meth lab by SA police. ( SAPOL )

A few weeks earlier, police uncovered a meth lab described as "one of the largest ever found" in South Australia in Adelaide's south.

Police searched a house at Morphett Vale and found about 120kg — suspected of being methamphetamine — and 11kg of what police believed to be crystal methamphetamine, also known as the drug "ice".

Police said it was revealed in a report last year that Adelaide, along with regional Western Australia, experienced the highest methamphetamine use across the country.

The report also estimated the state consumed 1,005.3kg of the drug annually, behind WA.

Police said outcomes of the new team would be shared throughout the year.