Two people have been arrested for allegedly selling a Part I Third Schedule poison without a prescription and without the supervision of a registered pharmacist.

Officers from the Department of Health's Pharmaceutical Service posed as customers today and found a drug store in Causeway Bay selling a brand of post-coital contraceptive pills without a prescription. 

The proprietor and an employee were subsequently arrested by the Police for allegedly unlawful selling of a Part I poison. 

They were put on police bail of $4,000 each, pending further investigations.

The sale of pharmaceutical products classified as Third Schedule poison without prescription or selling a Part I poison without the supervision of a registered pharmacist are offences under the Pharmacy & Poisons Ordinance, and liable to a maximum penalty of $100,000 fine and two years' imprisonment.