A man was arrested after falling through a sex shop roof during a botched burglary and trying to escape with a haul of toys and equipment, police have said.

The man allegedly grabbed a Fantasy Fetish pack, containing a number of sex toys, after crashing through the ceiling of the Cairns store in the early hours of Thursday.

Senior Constable Russell Parker says the burglar also entered a pole dancing academy and dive shop in the same shopping complex as the sex store.

"He forced entry to the back door then climbed up onto the ceiling and then crashed through the roof of the sex shop," he said.

"It's alleged he then stole a number of items and forced his way out onto Sheridan Street."

Witnesses called police who arrested the man nearby.

A 22-year-old man is due to face Cairns Magistrates Court later charged with theft and burglary-related offences.

AAP