POLICE have found $1.6 million in cash in two suitcases after stopping a hire car in the Perth CBD earlier this week.

The car was stopped as part of a nation-wide investigation into methamphetamine dealing.

Officers stopped the car in the CBD at 6.45pm on Tuesday.

A search of the car found two suitcases that contained $1.6 million in cash.

Camera Icon $1.6 million in cash was seized from a hire car in Perth. Credit: PerthNow

Two Victorian men, a 29-year-old from Carnegie and a 33-year-old man from Vermont South, were both charged with unlawful possession of money.

They are due to appear in the Perth Magistrate’s Court on August 30.