<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than a dozen people, including a man who allegedly had a gun in his car, have been arrested as part of a major crime crackdown in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="_blank" title="Melbourne's"><span>Melbourne's</span></a><span> west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police were patrolling the Tarneit area on October 31 when they spotted three cars parked in a carpark about 10.50pm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the drivers then allegedly reversed into a police car before driving away, narrowly missing hitting an officer in the process.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a 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captured a passenger jumping out of the moving car onto Inverell Parkway.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 28-year-old man was arrested shortly after.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-crime-crackdown-werribee-operation-show-fifteen-arrested/1eb11171-ff8e-42a4-a561-c64ef9fea3ad" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver of the car was also arrested after he allegedly attempted to flee by hiding behind a fence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A search of the car allegedly uncovered a gun, ammunition, over $54,000 in cash, cocaine and MDMA.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 21-year-old driver was charged with several offences including possessing a handgun, trafficking cocaine and reckless conduct endangering serious injury.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was remanded to appear before Melbourne Magistrates' Court on January 27.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A further 13 people were arrested in the city's west during the two-night crime crackdown, nicknamed Operation Shows.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Among those arrested were three men who attempted to evade police in an allegedly stolen ute before becoming bogged in a paddock in Wyndham Vale.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police Air Wing vision captured the trio as they allegedly tried to run from police on foot.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 30-year-old driver was later charged with theft of a motor vehicle, driving while disqualified and failing to stop on police direction.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/aussies-starting-side-hustles-out-of-financial-necessity-exclusive/dc008c47-a5b4-4a4b-a8d2-57e686e7e2b6" rel="" target="_blank" title="Aussies like Cassie resorting to selling their clothes to make ends meet"><strong><span>Aussies like Cassie resorting to selling their clothes to make ends meet</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Operation Shows involved local police teaming up the Air Wing and Dog Squad to target crimes including aggravated burglaries, car thefts and dangerous driving.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"People driving around in stolen cars without a licence and at speed are not only a danger to our roads but they're also likely to go on and commit further crimes that night," Wyndham Crime Investigation Unit Detective Senior Sergeant Matt Lewis said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That's why operations like Shows are so important – and effective - because we can safely stop these offenders in their tracks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These arrests show that while you might not always see us, we are always there."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" 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