Fears there was a bomb in a car involved in a police pursuit in Melbourne's west on Friday saw train lines suspended and major freeway exits shut down.

Bomb squad members search the car crash scene in Hoppers Crossing. Credit:Eddie Jim

The drama began to unfold at lunchtime and was not resolved until after 8pm when the bomb squad concluded the suspicious object was "non-explosive".

Later the driver, 29-year-old Strathmore man Akin Mat, was charged with a string of offences, including trafficking the party drug GHB.