Charneisha Corley, 23, was cavity searched in public by Texas deputies two years ago

Shocking images of a police cavity search of a woman in the middle of a parking lot have been released.

A lawyer for 23-year-old Charneisha Corley released the dashcam images of the 2015 arrest and cavity search on Friday, a week after criminal charges against the Houston deputies involved were dropped.

The cavity search went on for 11 minutes, while Corley lay spread-eagle and exposed in a parking lot, according to Fox26.

The incident began around 10.30pm on June 20, 2015, when two Harris County Deputies pulled Corley over for a minor traffic violation and searched her car after detecting the odor of marijuana.

Newly released images of the arrest show the shocking cavity search in a Texaco parking lot

'One of the officers on the tape, he was talking to a passenger who was already in custody in the officer's car and you could hear him telling that individual "Oh we are going to find something, even if we have to put our hands on her",' Corely's attorney Sam Cammack told the local broadcaster.

The deputies were a white male and black female, and were joined at the scene by another deputy, a white female, Corley has said. Corley herself is black.

After finding nothing in Corley's clothing, the deputies 'stuck her head underneath the vehicle and completely pulled her pants off, leaving her naked and exposed in that Texaco parking lot,' Cammack said.

The deputies performed a manual search of Corley's vagina in the parking lot.

They said they found half a gram of marijuana on her person, but all charges against her were later dropped.

Deputies placed Corley face down on the pavement with her head under her car as they bent her ankles back and searched her naked from the waist down

Deputies Ronaldine Pierre, 34, and William Strong, 37, were charged last summer with a misdemeanor charge of official oppression.

The charges were dropped on August 4, the day the case was supposed to go to trial.

The case was re-presented to a grand jury with new evidence that has not been publicly revealed.

The deputies remain on administrative duties pending the outcome of the grand jury.

The arrest took place in the parking lot of this Texaco gas station near Houston, Texas

Harris County Prosecutor Natasha Sinclair told the Fox affiliate that the public cavity search 'should not have happened'.

'However bad decisions, bad judgment may not rise the level of a criminal offense,' she said'

'It should never have happened and unfortunately we are in the business of prosecuting criminal offenses and though it may not be criminal, it doesn't mean she won't receive justice,' said Sinclair.

Cammack has said that he will release the full video of the incident on Monday and is calling for an independent prosecutor in the case.