Woman charged after allegedly poisoning colleague's curry with snail pellets

A 43-year-old Western Australian woman has been charged after allegedly lacing a colleague's curry with snail pellets containing the poison metaldehyde.

• Police allege the woman contaminated a colleague's curry with metaldehyde-containing snail pellets in February.
• The alleged victim, a 58-year-old, found bright green granules in the food and experienced tongue numbness after tasting it.
• Detectives arrested the woman last week and charged her with endangering the life, health or safety of another person.
• She is scheduled to appear before Armadale magistrates court on 5 November.