A woman who ate a skewered meat street food snack ended up in hospital with agonising stomach pains after she swallowed a dog tracking microchip.

After surgeons removed the chip, it emerged that it had been inserted into a Labradoodle.

The shocking discovery was revealed by Chilean councillor Michelle Tabilo Garcia as a warning to others tempted by street snacks.

The victim had tucked into a grilled meat skewer called an anticucho, a local fast-food favourite.

Garcia – from Estacion Central, in Chile’s Santiago Metropolitan Region – said on 6th April: “Yesterday, in the municipal council, I reported the case of a local who ate an anticucho on the street, arrived at hospital with a stomachache and regrettably had a chip from a puppy in her stomach.”

She added: “I requested food inspection in the illegal trade, but as a recommendation, do not eat anything on the street and please take care of your pets.”

The councillor continued: “A neighbour who sells salads told me that a friend of theirs had gone to Meiggs, to the part that is in Estacion Central, and had eaten an anticucho with her daughter.

“They first did a scan on her, the scanner revealed the chip, but the girl began to feel ill, so they had to remove the chip.”

A police investigation subsequently determined that the meat the woman had eaten while out and about with her daughter, had come from a dog – an Australian Labradoodle, specifically – according to local media.

The Australian Labradoodle is a cross between a poodle, a cocker spaniel and a Labrador retriever.

The mayor of Estacion Central, Felipe Munoz Vallejos, has announced the removal of stalls that sell food illegally in the commune.