A high-profile lawyer is suing a chief constable for £500,000 after he was quizzed on suspicion of involvement in a drugs racket.
Liverpool-based solictor Julian Linskill was arrested by undercover police in December 2005 while driving his then teenage daughter to school in the city.
Detectives suspected Mr Linskill, 65, of being involved in a major drugs ring with a former client.
He was questioned on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs and perverting the course of justice.
Police raided his South Liverpool home and his offices in Castle Street, Liverpool and his arrest made headlines in newspapers and broadcast media.
He was released on bail, but after two years the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Crown Prosecution Service dropped all charges against him.
During the investigation he was also accused of breaching a High Court order in relation to releasing previously frozen money to his client - who had been acquitted by a jury.
But this case was also dropped on the advice of then Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith.
Mr Linskill has now issued a writ through his own law firm against the Chief Constable of Merseyside, John Murphy, for wrongful arrest, wrongful detention and harrassment.
Mr Linskill set up his own law firm in Liverpool in 1980 and has worked on number of high-profile cases including that of wrongly-convicted Liverpool FC fan Michael Shields.
A Merseyside Police spokesperson comfirmed that a civil damages claim had been received but declined to comment further.
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