A male thief wearing a dress and crotchless pants attacked a Brisbane sex store worker with sex toys during a bungled burglary.

Police say the 34-year-old man forced his way through the ceiling of the store in the northern suburb of Aspley in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The female manager of the store was alerted when the man set off an alarm.

When the owner confronted the man, who was wearing a wig, dress and crotchless pants, he allegedly threw a number of sex toys at the woman.

The thief climbed back through the ceiling and onto the roof where he was arrested by police.

The Murrumba Downs man has been charged with break and enter and possessing dangerous drugs.

A trend?

Earlier this week, another man fell through a sex shop roof during a botched burglary in Cairns.

Police allege the 22-year-old man grabbed a Fantasy Fetish pack, which contained items including a saddle, after crashing through the ceiling in the early hours of Thursday.

Witnesses called police who arrested the man nearby. He faced a Cairns court on Friday on five theft and burglary related charges.

Source with thanks to Dr. Paul J. Maginn